women in science
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Comic
Grace Hopper and the Democratization of Computer Programming (Women in Science 35)
In a room across the hall from where I teach, a group of a dozen kids between the ages of…
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Biology
Belle Benchley and the Creation of the Modern Zoo (Women in Science 34)
Think back to your last zoo trip. More likely than not, most of the larger animals were contained in open…
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Feminism
Anna Atkins: Bontanist, Photographer, Pioneer
Today’s Google Doodle celebrates the 216th birthday of Anna Atkins, English botanist and photographer. While that may not sound remarkable…
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Comic
Julia Robinson and the Cracking of Hilbert’s Tenth Problem (Women in Science 33)
For mathematicians, the only thing more exciting than proving a theorem is proving that it can never be proven. These…
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Activism
Breaking the Shackles Procreative: Margaret Sanger and the Creation Of The Pill. (Women in Science 32)
In 1912, it was against the law to publish a book that contained descriptions of birth control methods. It was…
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Comic
Making Continents Move: The Ocean Cartography of Marie Tharp (Women in Science 31)
If you’re a scientist, and you’ve lived long enough, there’s a good chance that you’ll see your life’s work overwritten…
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Biology
The Monster in Dr. McClintock: The Twisted Tale of Jumping Genes
Isolation makes monsters, and none so monstrous as those who willingly seek it. It is hard to work up a…
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Chemistry
Of Artificial Radiation and Natural Genius: The Chemistry of Irène Joliot-Curie (Women In Science 29)
Radioactivity is a great thing. Terrible, but great. The medical applications of radioactively tagged molecules, as Rosalyn Yalow proved,…
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