The 10 greatest female geniuses in human history

Historically there is no shortage of female geniuses who have made great contributions to human development. Here are 10 most famous female geniuses.

1. Marie Curie (1867-1934).The # 1 spot on the list no one deserves more than the most famous female scientist of all time, is also the first woman to win the prestigious Nobel Prize.Marie Curie is famous for her dedication to radioactive research.She and her husband, Pierre Curie, discovered elements of Polonium and Radium.She was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903, along with Pierre and Henry Becquerel for radioactivity studies.In 1911, she won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for discovering two chemical elements, Polonium and Radium.

2. Jane Goodall (1934) is the world's leading anthropologist, primate and expert.She spent most of her life studying the behavior of chimpanzees in Gombe Stream National Park, Tanzania.Her extensive research sheds light on the habitat of chimpanzees, discovering that they are omnivores and can design and use tools.

3. Lise Meitner (1878-1968) born in Austria is a genius of nuclear physics.She is a student of great scientists like Ludwig Boltzmann, Max Planck, and studied with Otto Hahn to discover the element Protactinium.She was involved in studies of nuclear fission and the invention of atomic bombs.Although she had never received a Nobel Prize, she was honored by the scientific world by naming an element called Meitnerium.

4. Irene Joliot-Curie (1897-1956) was the daughter of Marie Curie and also a famous scientist.Following her parents' career, she conducted research on radiation.She won the 1935 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of artificial radioactivity.She and her husband, Frederic scientist, turned boron into radioactive nitrogen as well as aluminum into phosphorus and magnesium into silicon.

5. Gertrude Elion (1918-1998) shared the 1988 Nobel Prize in Medicine with Dr. George H Hitchings for discoveries related to drug therapy.She is an American pharmacologist who developed AZT, an antiretroviral drug used to treat AIDS.During four decades of long-term partnership with Hitchings, she also developed drugs for treating malaria, leukemia and herpes.

6. Rosalind Franklin (1920-1958) is an unforgettable name in the history of science.This physiologist has played an important role in exploring DNA structure.She created X-ray diffraction images of DNA, which later helped Watson and Crick find double helix DNA models.

7. Maria Goeppert-Mayer (1906-1972) , a German-American scientist is also one of the most important figures in nuclear physics.Her favorite field is math and physics.Meyer is known for suggesting a nuclear shell model of an atomic nucleus.She also worked for the Manhattan Project during World War II.She became the second woman, after Marie Curie, to win the Nobel Prize in 1963.

8. Barbara McClintock (1902-1992) is one of the most influential scientists in genetics, probably just behind Gregor Mendel.McClintock made a significant contribution in the field of pathogenesis, and was the first to create a genetic map for corn.She studied extensively on this topic, but the scientific world was skeptical of her findings.After that research was recognized, she won the Nobel Prize in Physiology in 1983.

9. Dorothy Hodgkin (1910-1994) is an important figure in chemistry and the third woman to win a Nobel Prize.This British biologist is a pioneer in the field of X-ray crystallography that can find and validate the structure of different biological molecules.These include penicillin, insulin and vitamin B12.She received the Nobel Prize in 1964.

10. Ada Lovelace (1815-1852) , an English mathematician, is considered the world's first computer programmer.Her research was inspired by Alan Turing in his research on modern computers.Programming language developed by the US Department of Defense, named after Ada Lovelace.

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