THE WOMEN OF SCIENCE

By: Natalia Ortega, Ángela Rodríguez & Adriana

Herrero
 INTRODUCTION

 We are going to talk about 12 of the most

important women of science.
 Lisa Meitner
 Theorical physicist.

 She discovered the

nuclear fision, even
though only Otto Hang
got the recognition.
 Jane Goodall
 Primatologist and anthropologist.
 She has dedicated all her life to study and
understand chimpanzees.
 Jocelyn Bell

 Astrophysicist.

 She discovered the first

radiosignal of a pulsar,
only her tutor got the
recognition.
 Marie Curie

 Physicist and chemist.

 She dedicate her life to

radioactivity, being the
maximun pioneer.
 Rosalind Franklin

 Biophysics and
crystallographer.

 She makes possible the

observation of the
structure of DNA
throughout imaghes taken
with X-Rays.
 Hipatía de Alejandría

 Philosopher

 She was the first wome that

made as sustancial
contribution to the
mathematical development.
 Sophie Germain

 Mathematician, physicist
and philosopher.

 She aported important facts

about the theory of
elasticity and prime
numbers.
 Emmy Noether

 Mathematician.

 The most important women

of the history of maths. She
made big advances in
relation with the rings’
theory.
 Barbara McClitock

 Biologist and cytogeneticist.

 She left an important

discovery in the genetic
field.
 Augusta Ada Byron

 Mathematician
 The first scientist of the history
of computation. She discovered
that through a series of sings of
symbols, it was possible to
calculate an important series of
numbers
 Marget Hamilton

 Computer scientist, systems

ingenieer and
mathematician.
 She developed a navegation
software “on board” for the
Spacial Programme Apolo.
 Ellen Ochoa

 Physicist and scientist

 She has turned into the first

hispanic women that
travelled to space, on board
of the ferri, Discovery.
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