Science – Mary Somerville

Science Mary Somerville – December 26, 1780 – November 28, 1872. Mary Somerville was a Scottish science writer and polymath, at a time when women’s participation in science was discouraged. She was the daughter of Admiral Sir William George Fairfax, and was born at the manse of Jedburgh, in the Borders. She received a rather

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Science – Émilie du Châtelet

Science Émilie du Châtelet December 17, 1706 – September 10, 1749 Gabrielle Émilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise du Châtelet was a French mathematician, physicist, and author. In 1737 she published a paper “Dissertation sur la nature et la propagation du feu”, based upon her research into the science of fire. The science of fire

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Science – Maria Sibylla Merian

Science In the same way that women have challenged ideas in art, information technology, education, entertainment and politics they have also had major triumphs in scientific development, not least making scientific subjects more accessible to all. Here we start in the seventeenth century by celebrating the achievements of Maria Sibylla Merian a naturalist and scientific

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