Some were hailed in their lifetime, others died unrecognized, but all were amazing.
20 amazing women in science and math : Read more
20 amazing women in science and math : Read more
Hedy Lamarr (/ˈheɪdi/), born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler (November 9, 1914 – January 19, 2000), was an Austrian-born American film actress and inventor who was posthumously inducted into the National Inventors Hall of FameSome were hailed in their lifetime, others died unrecognized, but all were amazing.
20 amazing women in science and math : Read more
My response is: why discriminate?? Are ALL Chinese, Mexican etc. other MEN and women ignored or forgotten, significant scientists not equally important? It's irrelevant where their ancestors lived, their skin color, their gender in fact almost everything but their accomplishments. what might be so is if they had serious impediments they faced and WHO or what it was. The use of African American Black is TOTALLY INAPPROPRIATE, most so described have never even been there or can speak any of the languages, There is nothing that uniquely defines a person as a African black other than IF they came from there and have skin sufficiently darker than some point on the color scale, I'm not referred to as an Irish White despite the Rogers leaving there in the 1600's Despite my speaking the language and having been there, There is only ONE human race: Homo Sapient and yes we come in many different shapes and colors, It's time we started taking this into consideration in not only our speech but our treatment of each other, To specifically choose to speak of the suffering of a group using such irrelevant characteristics such as skin color is irrational what is next, those with blond hair or balding?I have to agree that many (particularly important) African American women scientists/mathematicians were left off this list. I wouldn't have chosen Mae Jemison, as great as her accomplishments are, she really isn't a scientist or mathematician. When I see these sorts of inclusions of such lists, it smacks of people who really don't know the history of science and mathematics well, so they choose the fi
Check out Science Stories. They didn't forget her.Did you forget Mileva Marić-Einstein ?
Check out her story on Science StoriesRosalind Franklin deserved a share of the 1962 Watson/Crick/Watkins Nobel Prize and certainly should be on this list!
Science Stories has 11 mathemeticians named Elizabeth. Which one did you mean?What about the lady named Elizabeth whose mathematics helped discover Pluto? She wrote with both hands simultaneously. And also those ladies in NASA who did the maths by longhand before computers?
Rosalind Frankin is the shining example of white male privilege that so long held women back. How, how, how could she be ignored? Without her, it would have taken at least another year before someone would have realized it wasn't a single helix. And to hold up the Nobels until she died was reprehensible!
Hi Wayne, you can see all of their stories at Science StoriesGreat article. And yes there are many honorable mentions. The list could be quite long. But a few jump out at me like:
Admiral Grace Hopper - developed 1st high-level programming concepts opening the computer science field
Jocelyn Bell Burnell - the discoverer of pulsars.
Margaret Geller - pioneer in mapping the nearby universes
Katherine Johnson - black mathematician at NASA that computed spaceflight orbits
Check out "Featured Stories--Celebrating Black Women in Science and Math" at:I have to agree that many (particularly important) African American women scientists/mathematicians were left off this list. I wouldn't have chosen Mae Jemison, as great as her accomplishments are, she really isn't a scientist or mathematician. When I see these sorts of inclusions of such lists, it smacks of people who really don't know the history of science and mathematics well, so they choose the first African Americans they come across.
You can see her story on Science StoriesYou forgot to mention Emilie Du Chatelet....