http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/...scientists
EXCERPT: Rachel Swaby, author of a book highlighting women’s contributions to science, chooses her favourite female scientists, from the greatest dinosaur hunter to the inventor of Kevlar...
Mary Anning - Palaeontologist (1799-1847)
Alice Hamilton - Pathologist (1869-1970)
Lise Meitner - Physicist (1878-1968)
Inge Lehmann - Seismologist (1888-1993)
Hilde Mangold - Experimental embryologist (1898-1924)
Elsie Widdowson - Nutritionist (1906-2000)
Virginia Apgar - Anaesthesiologist (1909-1974)
Chien-Shiung Wu - Physicist (1912-1997)
Anne McLaren - Developmental biologist (1927-2007)
Stephanie Kwolek - Chemist (1923-2014)
EXCERPT: Rachel Swaby, author of a book highlighting women’s contributions to science, chooses her favourite female scientists, from the greatest dinosaur hunter to the inventor of Kevlar...
Mary Anning - Palaeontologist (1799-1847)
Alice Hamilton - Pathologist (1869-1970)
Lise Meitner - Physicist (1878-1968)
Inge Lehmann - Seismologist (1888-1993)
Hilde Mangold - Experimental embryologist (1898-1924)
Elsie Widdowson - Nutritionist (1906-2000)
Virginia Apgar - Anaesthesiologist (1909-1974)
Chien-Shiung Wu - Physicist (1912-1997)
Anne McLaren - Developmental biologist (1927-2007)
Stephanie Kwolek - Chemist (1923-2014)