Women in Science and Mathematics
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There have historically been very few noteworthy female scientists or mathematicians.
Here are a few:
- Marie Sklodowska Curie—Physicist/chemist, discovered Polonium and Radium, namesake of Curium.
- Lise Meitner—Physicist, discovered nuclear fission, with Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassner. Namesake of Meitnerium.
- Emma Noether (mathematician)
- Sophie Germain (mathematician)
- Ida Noddack (physicist)
- Jocelyn Bell—Astronomer, discovered the first pulsar.
- Grace Murray Hopper—A very early computer programmer, led the development of the first high-level computer language, COBOL.
- Ada Lovelace—Collaborated with Charles Babbage on what was arguably the first computer (though it was never built) and arguably the first computer programmer (though there is controversy on this.)