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Photo of Emmy Noether
Amalie Emmy Noether
(1882 - 1935)

The theorems of Emmy Noether provide basic understanding of the relation of symmetries and conservation laws in physics.

" ..was born in the stirring days of radioactivity when her parents [Marie and Pierre Curie] were making great discoveries, she grew up with radioactivity, and all her life was devoted to its study."

1935 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with F. Joliot-Curie
for the discovery of artificial radioactivity.

Photo of Irčne Joliot-Curie
Irčne Joliot-Curie
(1897-1956)
Photo of Rosalind Franklin
Rosalind Franklin
(1920-1958)

Best known for her work on DNA.


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