Quiz
Do you know these great women of science?
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1 She discovered that the stars are composed of 99% Hydrogen and Helium.
- AAnnie Jump Cannon
- BCecilia Payne
- CNancy Roman
2She was known as the "Queen of Carbon Science"
- AMildred Dresselhaus
- BMargarita Salas
- CMarie Paulze Lavoisier
3She co-invented an important military communications technology, which is now used in WI-FI and Bluetooth.
- AChien-Shiung Wu
- BEdith Clarke
- CHedy Lamarr
4She performed some fundamental work in the identification of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) as the cause of AIDS.
- AFrancoise Barre Sinoussi
- BRosalind Franklin
- CBarbara McClintock
5They were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for the development of a method for genome editing" (through CRISPR).
- ARosalyn Yalow and Gertrude B. Elion
- BEmmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna
- CFrances Hamilton Arnold and Donna Strickland
6She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first person and the only woman to win the Nobel Prize twice, and the only person to win the Nobel Prize in two scientific fields.
- ADorothy Hodgkin
- BGerty Theresa Cori
- CMarie Curie
7She was a pioneer in solar energy technology.
- AMaria Telkes
- BLucia Galvani
- CHelen Edwards
8 She participated in the creation of the Basic Programming Language.
- ASister Mary Kenneth Keller
- BÁngela Ruiz Robles
- CGrace Murray Hopper
9 Her book "Silent Spring" helped to launch the environmental movement.
- ALynn Margulis
- BRachel Carson
- CKatherine Esau
10She was the first ever computer programmer.
- AAda Lovelace
- BEdith Clarke
- CÁngela Ruiz Robles
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- Descrição
- Some of humankind's greatest scientific breakthroughs have come from women -- though like so many inventors, their names are lost in the pages of history. Take our quiz to see if you can match these scientists with their discoveries.
- Autor
- Andrea Pan
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