Women in Science - Case Studies of 16 Women
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| Audience/Grade: | College Freshman - Continuing Education |
| Discipline(s): |
All Science and Engineering General Engineering, Engineering Science |
| Learning Resource Type: | Teaching - Case Study |
| Media Type: | WWW |
| Author(s): | Webmaster of San Diego Supercomputer Center |
| Description: | The San Diego Supercomputer Center presents Women in Science: A Selection of 16 Significant Contributors: 1. Rosalind Elsie Franklin Pioneer Molecular Biologist. 2. Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin A Founder of Protein Crystallography 3. Grace Murray Hopper Pioneer Computer Scientist. 4. Maria Goeppert-Mayer Nobelist in Physics. 5. Helen Sawyer Hogg A Gift of Stars. 6. Rózsa Péter Founder of Recursive Function Theory. 7. Roger Arliner Young Lifelong Struggle of a Zoologist. 8. May Edward Chinn Physician. 9. Emmy Noether Creative Mathematical Genius. 10. Lise Meitner A Battle for Ultimate Truth. 11. Lillian Moller Gilbreth Mother of Modern Management. 12. Annie Jump Cannon Theorist of Star Spectra. 13. Rosa Smith Eigenmann "First Woman Ichthyologist of Any Accomplishments". 14. Ada Byron, Countess of Lovelace Analyst, Metaphysician, and Founder of Scientifc Computing. 15. Mary Anning Finder of Fossils. 16. Sophie Germain Revolutionary Mathematician. keywords:gender equity, course syllabus. |
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| Has Components |
Lise Meitner Biography 1878-1968 Rosalind Elsie Franklin |
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| Use of Resource: |
gender equity This resource is part of the digital library for the National Center for Women and Information Technology (NCWIT). |
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| Publication Date: | October 1998 |
| Platform/Format: | WWW |
| Cost: | Free |
| Download URL: | http://www.sdsc.edu/ScienceWomen/ |
| Metadata: | IEEE LOM Record |
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NEEDS
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