Difference between revisions of "Women in Science and Mathematics"
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(How did I forget those two? Also, "were or are female" seems strange. It made sense when I wrote it.) |
(let's not give excessive publicity to one side of the "first" for Ada Lovelace) |
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*Jocelyn Bell (astronomer) | *Jocelyn Bell (astronomer) | ||
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*[[Grace Murray Hopper]] (computer pioneer, devised the first high-level computer language, [[COBOL]]) | *[[Grace Murray Hopper]] (computer pioneer, devised the first high-level computer language, [[COBOL]]) | ||
Revision as of 18:46, June 14, 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 (worked with computer pioneer Charles Babbage)
- Grace Murray Hopper (computer pioneer, devised the first high-level computer language, COBOL)