XIe siècle
Tortula de Salerne
She wrote the first medical treatises on women's health and gynecology.
1845
Ada Lovelace
She designed the first computer algorithm in history.
1861
Nettie Maria Stevens
She discovered that X and Y chromosomes determine biological sex.
1868
Henrietta Swan Leavitt
She established the relationship between the luminosity and period of variable stars, paving the way for measuring distances in the universe.
1875
Mileva Marić Einstein
She collaborated on preliminary work on the theory of relativity.
1878
Lise Meitner
She participated in the discovery of nuclear fission.
1882
Amalie Emmy Noether
She revolutionized the mathematical foundations of modern physics with Noether's theorem.
1912
Chien Shiung Wu
She experimentally proved the non-conservation of parity in nuclear physics.
1914
Hedy Lamarr
She co-invented a frequency-hopping telecommunications technology, ancestor of Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.
1916
Alice Ball
She developed the first effective treatment for leprosy.
1920
Rosalind Franklin
Her X-ray diffraction images revealed the double helix structure of DNA.
1920
Marie Tharp
She mapped the ocean floor and highlighted mid-ocean ridges, supporting the theory of continental drift.
1925
Marthe Gautier
She discovered that Down syndrome is due to an extra chromosome.
1936
Margaret Hamilton
She led the creation of Apollo 11's software, enabling the Moon landing without incident.
1943
Jocelyn Bell
She discovered pulsars, rapidly rotating neutron stars.
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