Women in Science - December 3rd

Who is considered to be the founder of scientific natural history in Germany, and one of the world's forst polymaths?

• Hildegard of Bingen

• Hypatia of Alexandria

• Theano of Athens

• Trota of Salerno

Which Italian physicist became the first woman to have a doctorate in science in 1732?

• Maria Agnesi

• Laura Bassi

• Dorothea Erxleben

• Marie Curie

William Heschel, the discoverer of Uranus, had a sister who was a gifted astronomer in her own right, discovering several comets. What was her name?

• Laura Herschel

• Maria Herschel

• Caroline Herschel

• Anna Herschel

Henrietta Swan Leawitt discovered the period-luminosity relationship of which type of star? This discovery paved the way for Edwin Hubble's discoveries a few years later.

• Brown Dwarfs

• Neutron Stars

• Supergiants

• Cepheid Variables

Which scientist's work on the shape of DNA was reportedly stolen, allowing James Watson and Francis Crick to win the Nobel Prize for the same discovery in 1953?

• Rosalind Franklin

• Jocelyn Bell Burnell

• Jane Goodall

• Dorothy Hodgkin

Who is the most recent woman to win the fields medal?

• Maryam Mirzakhani

• Gerty Cori

• Maryna Viazovska

• Youyou Tu

Asha de Vos, an influential Sri Lankan marine biologist, mainly does research on which ocean species?

• Sea Turtles

• Seahorses

• Starfish

• Blue Whales

Who was the first American woman to go to space, as well as the first known LGBTQ+ astronaut?

• Sally Ride

• Peggy Whitson

• Judy Resnik

• Svetlana Savitskaya

What is the name given to the speculated bias against acknowledging the achievements of women scientists whose work is attributed to their male colleagues?

• Dunning Kruger effect

• Curie effect

• Matilda effect

• Occam's effect

With only 17% of researchers being women, which is the region where where women make up the smallest proportion of researchers?

• Latin America

• European Union

• South Asia

• Eastern Europe