Women in science

Who was Marie Curie?

• Two time Nobel prize winning scientist

• One of the most prominent scientists of all time

• Pioneered radiation research

• Discovered two new elements

Why was Marie Curie denied entrance into the French academy of sciences?

• Because she couldn't write her own name

• Because she wasn't educated enough.

• Because she was a woman.

• Because it was against the law.

What did astronomer Caroline Herschel discover?

• Two new elements.

• Several commits.

• Fire.

• Pancakes.

After discovering nuclear fission, Lise meitner and her partner applied for the Nobel prize, but....

• They were disqualified because she was a woman

• They lost.

• Only her partner was awarded the Nobel prize

Mathematician philosopher and astronomer, Hypatia of Alexandra was .....

• Greek

• Roman

• American

The Nobel prize for Jocelyn Bell burnell's discovery of radio pulsars was awarded to....

• Iron Man.

• Jocelyn Bell burnell

• Albert Einstein.

• Her PhD supervisor

The Nobel prize for Cecilia Payne caposhkin's discovery concerning the matter of the Sun was stolen by....

• The leading astronomer of the time

• What are you talking about? It was never stolen.

• A ninja.

• Her annoying little brother

Rosalind Franklin was given credit for her contributions to the discovery of DNA.

• True

• False

In order for the great mathematician Emmy Noether to teach at a university, she had to....

• Wear a disguise.

• Give classes under a man's name

• Pay a lot of money to the director of the University

• Move to a different country

Readers prefer computer code written by women only when....

• They are eating a piece of tortilla

• If they are blind

• They do not know it was written by a woman

• They prefer it all the time