8 Influential Women In Science Who Shaped The World

Zee Media Bureau
Jul 17, 2024

Ada Lovelace (Mathematician)

Known as the first computer programmer, she worked on Charles Babbage's analytical engine.

Marie Curie (Physicist and Scientist)

She became the only person to win Nobel Prizes in two different sciences and the first woman to win the same. She researched radioactivity.

Janaki Ammal (Botanist)

Botanist is known for her research on sugarcane and medicinal plants.

Chien-Shiung Wu (Physicist)

She is known for conducting the WU experiment, which confirmed the theory of parity.

Katherine Johnson (Mathematician)

She worked as a mathematician at NASA and calculated trajectories for space missions such as the famous APOLLO program.

Rosalind Franklin (Chemist)

Her X-ray diffraction images of DNA made it possible to discover the double helix structure of DNA.

Vera Rubin (Astronomer)

An astronomer who provided strong evidence to confirm the presence of dark matter in space.

Gladys West, Mathematician

She became a significant figure because her calculations made it possible to develop the Global Positioning System (GPS).

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