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Photo of Inge Lehmann
Inge Lehmann
(1888-1993)
Discovered the inner core of the earth.
Pioneered study of the physics of surface films. Photo of Agnes Pockels
Agnes Pockels
(1862-1935)
Photo of Kathleen Yardley Lonsdale
Kathleen Yardley Lonsdale
(1903-1971)
" ... a profound influence on the development of X-ray crystallography and related fields in chemistry and physics. Very few have made so many important advances in so many different directions."

Found the planar hexagonal structure of benzene.


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