Difference between revisions of "Women in Science and Mathematics"
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Revision as of 18:47, 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)
- Grace Murray Hopper (one of the world's first computer programmer, helped devise the first high-level computer language, COBOL)
- Ada Lovelace (worked with computer pioneer Charles Babbage)