How Did Maria Sklodowska Contribute To Science

Have you ever heard of Christopher Columbus or Marie Curie? Christopher But the similarities and differences shown below show what Columbus is one of the people that discovered the country that we live in today.Marie Curie was the person that invented the glow sticks that we play with.By discovering uranium it is that glowing liqued found in glow stickes. It also can cure cancer it´s used on clock and watch dials so they can be seen during the night.

Marie Daly is a famous biochemist who had to overcome dual hurdles of racial and gender bias to peruse her lifelong love of chemistry. Marie had to undergo judgment from her being a woman and trying to become a scientist, which was a male dominated occupation and also had to endure racism because she was an African American. Marie made many scientific discoveries that we are lucky to have today.

Arlene Blum, Rosalind Franklin, Jane Goodall, and Margie Richard are all Women who have made significant impacts in Science and in our world, yet many of us know so little about them and who they are. After reading some of these articles and watching the video about Arlene Blum, I feel so empowered to be a Woman studying science because there is so much work to be done. Two Women who stood out to me were Arlene Blum and Margie Richard. Arlene accomplished so much in her career, despite the challenges she encountered as a result of her gender. She climbed some of the highest peaks and not only discovered the harmful effects of the chemical tris, but she helped prevent the use of tris of it in sleepwear. Margie Richard work also stood out to

Many women have had an impact on science over the years and their accomplishments tend to be underappreciated by the public eye. Often times, there are important people that have made a significant impact on the world that we have today that do not receive the credit and attention that they deserve for their accomplishments. Recognizing and acknowledging people that have made an impact on society now and in the past, is an important part of learning about history and the accomplishments of the past.

Sam Magg's Wonder Women: 25 Innovators, Inventors, and Trailblazers Who Changed History features an array of pioneering female scientists, engineers, mathematicians, adventurers, and inventors many of whom I was unaware of like Dr. Okami Keiko (the first Japanese woman to obtain a degree in Western medicine from a Western university) and Dr. Anandibai Joshi (the first woman physician) who were actually well acquainted with each other.

Marie Sophie Germain was born in Rue Saint-Denis, Paris, France, on April 1, 1776, in a wealthy Persian family. Ambroise-Francois, her father, was a rich man who was assumed to be a wealthy silk merchant, or a goldsmith. Ambroise was elected as the representative of the bourgeoisie to Etats-Généraux en 1789, which had involved his daughter to witness many discussions with her father and his peers. When she was 13, The French Revolution broke out. Enforcing her to remain indoors,as she turned to her father’s library to take away her boredom where she became interested in mathematics. Pouring her time into each book as she had taught herself Latin and Greek, allowing her to read other famous mathematicians work such as Isaac Newton.

Even though there is an abundant amount of scientist and physicist that have had a successful career, there is one that really catches my eye. Rosalind Franklin died on April 16, 1958, as an English chemist and an X-ray crystallographer. She had a prevalent amount of discoveries, and was very well accomplished in life.

I believe Marie Curie has contributed more to society then Louis Pasteur because she discovered radium, was very determined, and installed x-rays machines in hospitals.

In the History of Astronomy, there exists a woman by the name of Caroline Herschel who did not only make many new discoveries but paved the path for woman to higher themselves in society. Caroline even became the first woman to hold a government position in England. Not to mention that Caroline and her brother, William, reformed the idea of the universe as mechanical with God watching over everything to a more evolutionary, modern ideal.

Carol W. Greider’s huge discovery was how telomeres and enzyme telomerase protected the chromosomes. She also had a hard life growing up. This was very important to lots of other scientists too. This discovery was extremely important for people studying cells. This discovery later led to her winning a Nobel Peace Prize. This was an amazing part of Carol’s life.

Carol W. Greider discovered the enzyme telomerase, which is how chromosomes can be copied in a complete way during cell divisions. She discovered this while being a graduate student in Berkeley, along with her partner Blackburn and Jack W. Szostak. Her father was a physics professor, and she is dyslexic. Yet, she managed to make a great discovery and even show people that women can be in the scientific field as well. Her discovery has helped many scientists, and thanks to her and her partner, we have been able to use it for many uses. The story is Carol W. Greider is quite an interesting one. She had definitely been through a lot to get to where she was. She was born in April 15, 1961, San Diego , CA, USA. She was dyslexic, and her mother

Probably the most famous of them was Albert Einstein. He discovered gravity, relativity and the quantum description of light. Einstein also helped to advance the creation of the atomic bomb. Other scientists included Ivan Pavlov who discovered conditioned reflexes from studying dogs, Niels Bohr who discovered the structure of the atom, and Jonas Salk who created a vaccine for polio. All of these scientists were far off from the work of Rachel Carson, but they revolutionized our world in some way (“The 10 Most Influential Scientists…”). None of the previously mentioned scientists studied what Rachel Carson did, but others did. Such as Frederick Aldrich who studied the giant squid, Hans Hass who studied stingrays, sharks, and coral reefs, and Jacques-Yves Cousteau who studied the sea and aquatic life (“List of Famous Marine Biologists.”). Though many scientists were studying the same marine life as her, no one had unveiled the dangers of chemicals as she did. When Rachel released her book Silent Spring. She took the world by storm making people furious at her accusations. The president JFK then assigned others to do more research. Those researchers ended up proving all of Rachel’s work to be correct. Though no person ever believed it to be false, except the chemical companies. That was only because of the profits they were making from these pesticides. (“Rachel Carson, The Life and Legacy”). The

Maria Gaetana Agnesi was born on May 16, 1718 in Milan, Habsburg Empire, known today as Italy. She was Italian mathematician and a philosopher. Agnesi was born into a wealthy family, her father was a professor for the University of Bologna. Her father mainly encouraged her in her studies and provided the best tutors. At the age of five, she could speak Italian and French. A couple years later she learned Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Spanish, and German. And by fourteen she was already learning geometry and ballistics. According to an Encyclopedia article, her own father liked to show off her knowledge by organizing a gathering, “by establishing in his home a cultural salon where she could present theses on a variety of subjects and then defend them in academic disputations with leading scholars (Kramer, n.d.)”.

Marie Curie became the first woman to receive the Nobel Prize when the Curies shared the Nobel Prize in Physics with Becquerel in 1903 for their work with radioactivity. In the 1900s, women still had a relegated role in science. Marie Curie wasn’t allowed to speak with her husband on stage at the award ceremony and had to sit in the audience. Her mere presence was an affront to men. Some members of the Nobel Prize committee even considered not including her in the prize at all, despite the fact that she was largely responsible for the discovery.

Marie Curie LIFE OF MARIE CURIE      Marie Curie(1867-1934) was a French physicist with many accomplishments in both physics and chemistry. Marie and her husband Pierre, who was also a French physicist, are both famous for their work in radioactivity.      Marie Curie, originally named Marja Sklodowska, was born in Warsaw, Poland on Nov.7, 1867. Her first learning of physics came from her father who taught it in high school. Marie's father must have taught his daughter well because in 1891, she went to Paris(where she changed her original name) and enrolled in the Sorbonne.