Difference between revisions of "Women in Science and Mathematics"
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(When you're ready to let us know the "complex" reasons, put this sentence back in the intro) |
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| + | *[[Ada Lovelace]] (computer pioneer, held by many to be the "first programmer") | ||
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| + | *[[Grace Murray Hopper]] (computer pioneer, devised the first high-level computer language, [[COBOL]]) | ||
Revision as of 01:23, June 12, 2011
There have historically been very few noteworthy female scientists or mathematicians.
Here are a few:
- Marie Sklodowska Curie (physicist/chemist) - discovered radium, namesake of curium
- Lise Meitner (physicist)
- Emma Noether (mathematician)
- Sophie Germain (mathematician)
- Ida Noddack (physicist)
- Jocelyn Bell (astronomer)
- Ada Lovelace (computer pioneer, held by many to be the "first programmer")
- Grace Murray Hopper (computer pioneer, devised the first high-level computer language, COBOL)