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DrmDoc
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How well do you know the contributions of these famous female scientist:

 

Marie Curie (1867-1934)

Lisa Mietner (1878-1968)

Barbara McClintock (1902-1992)

Rosalind Franklin (1920-1958)

Jane Goodall (1934-Present)

 

Well, if you don't, here's a Life Noggin YouTube video I recently discovered recounting some of their contributions. I knew a great deal about Madame Curie and Jane Goodall, but not so much about the other three extraordinary women. Enjoy!

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How well do you know the contributions of these famous female scientist:

 

Marie Curie (1867-1934)

Lisa Mietner (1878-1968)

Barbara McClintock (1902-1992)

Rosalind Franklin (1920-1958)

Jane Goodall (1934-Present)

 

Well, if you don't, here's a Life Noggin YouTube video I recently discovered recounting some of their contributions. I knew a great deal about Madame Curie and Jane Goodall, but not so much about the other two extraordinary women. Enjoy!

Curie was one of my science heroes as a child and I've read a fair bit about Franklin.

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Curie was one of my science heroes as a child and I've read a fair bit about Franklin.

Indeed, they are all very worthy of our admiration.

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Don't forget Dr. Grace Hopper!

 

Post her link here so we may come to know her contributions better.

My vote still goes to Emmy Noether.

Held in high regard by Hilbert, Klein, Einstein and Weyl.

Her mathematical work has guided modern physics for the last century.

Unfortunately she died young and only became an actual professor when she moved to the US in the 30s.

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My vote still goes to Emmy Noether.

Held in high regard by Hilbert, Klein, Einstein and Weyl.

Her mathematical work has guided modern physics for the last century.

Unfortunately she died young and only became an actual professor when she moved to the US in the 30s.

 

I think we all would welcome a link exploring her contributions also. I invite everyone to post a link here to those female scientists whose contributions we should all know better.

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Radioactivity/nuclear physics

Irène Joliot-Curie

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irène_Joliot-Curie

 

Astronomy/astrophysics

 

Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecilia_Payne-Gaposchkin

cooperated and was inspired by:

 

Annie Jump Cannon

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Jump_Cannon

Sarah Frances Whiting

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Frances_Whiting

Henrietta Swan Leavitt

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henrietta_Swan_Leavitt

Antonia Maury

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonia_Maury

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