In recognition of International Women’s Day, I thought we could celebrate female scientists. Women who are influential in science (both historical and contemporary).

 

I’ll start us off with Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin maybe not the most influential or famous but she did great work in astronomy and trod a path for others.

Edited March 8, 201312 yr by dimreepr

One of the earliest female scientists, Cleopatra the Alchemist, who is sometimes credited with inventing the alembic. Brava!

And Rosalind Franklin, so sad posthumous nobels are not awarded

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosalind_Franklin

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_the_Jewess

Marie Curie. I could tell you why, but I could never do it any better than Dr. Sheldon Cooper.