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== Forgotten Superheroes of Science == | == Forgotten Superheroes of Science == | ||
*[[SGU Episode 607#Forgotten_Superheroes_of_Science_.2811:06.29|Wang Zhenyi (607)]] {{mag}} - ''Chinese astronomer during the Qing dynasty. Studied equinoxes.'' | |||
*[[SGU Episode 597#Forgotten_Superheroes_of_Science_.283:38.29|Barbara Liskov (597)]] {{mag}} - ''Developed programming languages, leading to object oriented programming'' | *[[SGU Episode 597#Forgotten_Superheroes_of_Science_.283:38.29|Barbara Liskov (597)]] {{mag}} - ''Developed programming languages, leading to object oriented programming'' | ||
*[[SGU Episode 595#Forgotten_Superheroes_of_Science_.285:28.29|Maria Telkes (595)]] {{mag}} - ''Invented the solar distiller'' | *[[SGU Episode 595#Forgotten_Superheroes_of_Science_.285:28.29|Maria Telkes (595)]] {{mag}} - ''Invented the solar distiller'' | ||
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*[[SGU Episode 511#Forgotten_Superheroes_of_Science_.283:04.29|Grace Murray Hopper (511)]] {{mag}} ''Wrote the first computer compiler and was the key architect of COBOL'' | *[[SGU Episode 511#Forgotten_Superheroes_of_Science_.283:04.29|Grace Murray Hopper (511)]] {{mag}} ''Wrote the first computer compiler and was the key architect of COBOL'' | ||
*[[SGU Episode 510#Forgotten_Superheroes_of_Science_.282:22.29|Lise Meitner and Ida Noddack Tacke (510)]] {{mag}} ''The women of fission'' | *[[SGU Episode 510#Forgotten_Superheroes_of_Science_.282:22.29|Lise Meitner and Ida Noddack Tacke (510)]] {{mag}} ''The women of fission'' | ||
*[[SGU Episode 508#Forgotten_Superheroes_of_Science_.284:43.29|Sandra Moore Faber (508)]] {{mag}} ''Part of the team that discovered the Great Attractor'' | |||
*[[SGU Episode 507#Forgotten_Superheroes_of_Science_.283:14.29|Women of ENIAC (507)]] {{mag}} ''The Team of 6 Women who were the first to program ENIAC, the first all electronic digital computer'' | |||
*[[SGU Episode 506#Forgotten_Superheroes_of_Science_.286:41.29|Irène Joliot-Curie (506)]] {{mag}} ''Nobel prize winning chemist who discovered artificial radioactivity'' | |||
*[[SGU Episode 505#Forgotten_Superheroes_of_Science_.285:47.29|Emmy Noether (505)]] {{mag}} ''Made significant contributions to algebra and theoretical physics'' | |||
*[[SGU Episode 503#Forgotten_Superheroes_of_Science_.285:56.29|Mary Anning (503)]] {{mag}} ''Made early contributions to our understanding of prehistoric life and the history of the earth'' | |||
*[[SGU Episode 502#Forgotten_Superheroes_of_Science_.281:59.29|Katherine Johnson (502)]] {{mag}} ''Calculated the flight trajectory for the first American in space.'' | |||
*[[SGU Episode 501#Forgotten_Superheroes_of_Science_.287:55.29|Ada Lovelace (501)]] {{mag}} ''Computer scientist. Saw the potential of the analytical engine.'' | |||
*[[SGU Episode 499#Forgotten_Superheroes_of_Science_.283:33.29|Jocelyn Bell Burnel (499)]] {{mag}} ''Astrophysicist who discovered pulsars.'' | |||
*[[SGU Episode 498#Forgotten_Superheroes_of_Science_.284:10.29|Rosalind Franklin (498)]] {{mag}} ''Gained insights into the structure of DNA.'' | |||
*[[SGU Episode 496#Forgotten_Superheroes_of_Science_.284:26.29|Annie Jump Cannon (496)]] {{mag}} ''Classification of stars'' | |||
== This Day in History == | == This Day in History == | ||
*[[SGU Episode 488#This_Day_in_Skepticism_.281:27.29|Sara Josephine Baker (488)]] {{mag}} ''Massively improved the survival rate of newborn babies.'' | |||
*[[SGU Episode 477#This_Day_in_Skepticism_.280:29.29|Sylvia Earle (477)]] {{mag}} ''Marine biologist. Has been underwater for almost a year in total.'' | |||
*[[SGU Episode 472#This_Day_in_Skepticism_.281:40.29|Marie Curie and Irene Curie (472)]] {{mag}} ''Studied radioactive materials.'' | |||
*[[SGU Episode 463#This_Day_in_Skepticism_.281:45.29|Yness Mexica (463)]] {{mag}} ''Did Botany is Central and South America.'' | |||
*[[SGU Episode 463#This_Day_in_Skepticism_.281:45.29|Helen Taussig (463)]] {{mag}} ''Founded pediatric cardiology'' | |||
*[[SGU Episode 456#This_Day_in_Skepticism_.282:20.29|Hattie Alexander (456)]] {{mag}} ''Treated influenzal meningitis in babies, reducing mortality tremendously.'' | |||
*[[SGU Episode 452#This_Day_in_Skepticism_.280:29.29|Tilly Shilling (452)]] {{mag}} ''Invented a "doodad" that improved airplane manoeuverability during WWII'' | |||
*[[SGU Episode 451#This_Day_in_Skepticism_.280:57.29|Rebecca Lee Crumpler (451)]] {{mag}} ''First black woman to receive an American medical degree'' | |||
*[[SGU Episode 446#This_Day_in_Skepticism_.282:21.29|Lydia DeWitt (446)]] {{mag}} ''Conducted research on tuberculosis'' | |||
*[[SGU Episode 443#This_Day_in_Skepticism_.281:47.29|Amelia Earhart (443)]] {{mag}} ''First person to fly solo from Hawaii to California'' | |||
*[[SGU Episode 438#This_Day_in_Skepticism_.2800:36.29|Eleanor Gibson (438)]] {{mag}} ''Did a famous study that tested the depth perception of babies'' | |||
*[[SGU Episode 434#Florence_Rena_Sabin_.280:30.29|Florence Rena Sabin (434)]] {{mag}} ''Showed the lymphatic system developed from the veins in the embryo'' | |||
*[[SGU Episode 431#This_Day_in_Skepticism_.281:14.29|Johnnetta B. Cole (431)]] {{mag}} ''First African-American woman President of Spelman College'' | |||
*[[SGU Episode 422#This_Day_in_Skepticism_.281:12.29|Hazel Bishop (422)]] {{mag}} ''Chemist who invented long-lasting lipstick'' | |||
*[[SGU Episode 402#This_Day_in_Skepticism_.282:39.29|Mary Calkins (402)]] {{mag}} ''First female president of the American Psychological Association'' | |||
*[[SGU Episode 402#This_Day_in_Skepticism_.282:39.29|Ellen Swallow Richards (402)]] {{mag}} ''The woman who came up with the idea of home economics'' | |||
*[[SGU Episode 396#This_Day_in_Skepticism_.283:02.29|Chien-Shiung Wu (396)]] {{mag}} ''Proved that conservation of parity was wrong with regards to the weak nuclear force'' | |||
*[[SGU Episode 365#This_Day_in_Skepticism_.284:38.29|Jane Goodall (365)]] {{tick}} ''Studied chimanzees in the wild'' | |||
*[[SGU Episode 356#This_Day_in_Skepticism_.280:28.29|Dorothy Hodgkin (356)]] {{mag}} ''Used X-ray crystallography to image penicillin, cholesterol, and vitamin B12'' | |||
[[Category:Women in History]] | |||
[[Category:Forgotten Superheroes of Science]] | |||
Latest revision as of 05:03, 17 August 2023
This page is intended to link to all of the history segments on the SGU where women are highlighted
Forgotten Superheroes of Science[edit]
- Wang Zhenyi (607)
- Chinese astronomer during the Qing dynasty. Studied equinoxes. - Barbara Liskov (597) - Developed programming languages, leading to object oriented programming
- Maria Telkes (595) - Invented the solar distiller
- Rosa Smith Eigenmann (587) - Discovered more than 150 species of fish
- Mary Elizabeth Barber (585) - Plant collector from the 1800's
- Janet Rowley (580) - Linked chromosomal abnormalities to cancer
- Elizabeth Rona (578) - Worked with Pallonium
- Mary Edwards (572) - Tracked the positions of celestial objects for 55 years
- Cecilia Helena-Payne Gaposshkin (567) - Found that the Sun and the stars are mostly made of hydrogen
- Yvonne Brill (566) Pioneer rocket scientist
- Annie Maunder (564) Discovered the Maunder Minimum along with her husband
- Dorothy Hodgkin (560) Used X-ray crystallography to image penicillin, cholesterol, and vitamin B12
- Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha (555) The first doctor that brought the problem of Flint Michigan's water to the states attention
- Lorna Wing (552) Helped to redefine our conception of autism
- Stephanie Louise Kwolek (550) Invented the chemical behind Kevlar
- Dr. Hadiyah-Nicole Green (548) Cancer research involving nanoparticles and lasers
- Caroline Herschel (544) Sister of William Herschel. First woman paid for science work.
- Birute Mary Galdikas (541) Research on orangutans
- Andrea Ghez (539) Stellar motions near Milky Way's supermassive black hole
- Alice Hamilton (538) Development of industrial medicine in America
- Maria Sibylla Merian (537) Made illustrations of insects in the late 1600's
- Alice Catherine Evans (536) Showed the benefits of milk pasteurization
- Barbara McClintock (534) Jumping genes" and chromosome research
- Ruth Rogan Benerito (533) Wrinkle-resistant clothing
- Hedy Lamarr (532) Invented spread spectrum technology
- Frances Kelsey (528) Prevented thalidomide from being sold in the US
- Marie Thorp (527) Discovered the Mid Atlantic Ridge under the ocean
- Inge Lehmann (526) Discovered that the Earth has a solid inner core
- Gerty Cori (525) Glucose metabolism
- Henrietta Leavitt (524) Discovered special property of Cepheid variables
- Maria Goeppert-Mayer (521) Nuclear shell theory
- Vera Rubin (520) Studied galaxy rotation, which led to acceptance of dark matter
- Chien Shiug Wu (518) Showed that the conservation of parity does not always hold
- Margaret Hamilton (517) Saved the first moon landing with her robust computer code
- Mary Sherman Morgan (515) Developed the fuel used for the first U.S satellite launch
- Grace Murray Hopper (511) Wrote the first computer compiler and was the key architect of COBOL
- Lise Meitner and Ida Noddack Tacke (510) The women of fission
- Sandra Moore Faber (508) Part of the team that discovered the Great Attractor
- Women of ENIAC (507) The Team of 6 Women who were the first to program ENIAC, the first all electronic digital computer
- Irène Joliot-Curie (506) Nobel prize winning chemist who discovered artificial radioactivity
- Emmy Noether (505) Made significant contributions to algebra and theoretical physics
- Mary Anning (503) Made early contributions to our understanding of prehistoric life and the history of the earth
- Katherine Johnson (502) Calculated the flight trajectory for the first American in space.
- Ada Lovelace (501) Computer scientist. Saw the potential of the analytical engine.
- Jocelyn Bell Burnel (499) Astrophysicist who discovered pulsars.
- Rosalind Franklin (498) Gained insights into the structure of DNA.
- Annie Jump Cannon (496) Classification of stars
This Day in History[edit]
- Sara Josephine Baker (488) Massively improved the survival rate of newborn babies.
- Sylvia Earle (477) Marine biologist. Has been underwater for almost a year in total.
- Marie Curie and Irene Curie (472) Studied radioactive materials.
- Yness Mexica (463) Did Botany is Central and South America.
- Helen Taussig (463) Founded pediatric cardiology
- Hattie Alexander (456) Treated influenzal meningitis in babies, reducing mortality tremendously.
- Tilly Shilling (452) Invented a "doodad" that improved airplane manoeuverability during WWII
- Rebecca Lee Crumpler (451) First black woman to receive an American medical degree
- Lydia DeWitt (446) Conducted research on tuberculosis
- Amelia Earhart (443) First person to fly solo from Hawaii to California
- Eleanor Gibson (438) Did a famous study that tested the depth perception of babies
- Florence Rena Sabin (434) Showed the lymphatic system developed from the veins in the embryo
- Johnnetta B. Cole (431) First African-American woman President of Spelman College
- Hazel Bishop (422) Chemist who invented long-lasting lipstick
- Mary Calkins (402) First female president of the American Psychological Association
- Ellen Swallow Richards (402) The woman who came up with the idea of home economics
- Chien-Shiung Wu (396) Proved that conservation of parity was wrong with regards to the weak nuclear force
- Jane Goodall (365)
Studied chimanzees in the wild - Dorothy Hodgkin (356) Used X-ray crystallography to image penicillin, cholesterol, and vitamin B12