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Gore1FL

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22. Dont forget

Reply to NYC_SKP (Reply #2)

Wed May 16, 2012, 10:31 PM

May 2012

Carolyn Porco (Ms. Saturn)*
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Ann Druyan (Cosmos, and Voyager)
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Jill Bolte Taylor (Brain Scientist)*
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Grace Hopper (Computer Scientist)
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*Look for these women on TED Talks. They are amazing.

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Science is adorable [View all] sakabatou May 2012 OP

That's interesting. What incredible people they became! ScottLand May 2012 #1

Sadly, history favors boys in science, in picture taking, etc., etc... but I'm confident that... NYC_SKP May 2012 #2

Thanks, NYC_SKP BlancheSplanchnik May 2012 #3

Hedy Lamarr CrispyQ May 2012 #6

I didn't know that about Hedy Lamarr! Thanks! Little Star May 2012 #8

Marie Curie OK??? elleng May 2012 #13

Yes! NYC_SKP May 2012 #14

This docu had Lise Meitner, Emilie du Châtelet , Marie-Anne Pierrette Paulze jakeXT May 2012 #17

Dont forget Gore1FL May 2012 #22

Maria Sklodowska-Curie was a famous scientist who won the Nobel award twice. Little Star May 2012 #4

Irène Joliot-Curie boston bean May 2012 #9

Sally Ride boston bean May 2012 #5

Hillary Rodham Clinton Little Star May 2012 #7

I love this thread longship May 2012 #10

Rachel Carson (Silent Spring) hlthe2b May 2012 #11

The bedbugs thank her. Warren DeMontague May 2012 #12

Actually no. hlthe2b May 2012 #15

Not only that, but the malarial resurgence can be attributed to it, too. Warren DeMontague May 2012 #16

Your condescension is why I won't bother with you. hlthe2b May 2012 #18

So the World Health Organization isn't a legitimate scientific body? Warren DeMontague May 2012 #19

re: hlthe2b May 2012 #20

What makes you think I'm rankled? Warren DeMontague May 2012 #21

Tatiana Proskouriakoff Shankapotomus May 2012 #23

Jane Goodall Shankapotomus May 2012 #24

Dian Fossey Shankapotomus May 2012 #25

Emmy Noether Jim__ May 2012 #26

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