Fantastic Women

Here we talk about all the fantastic women in science and history who did exceptional work but many of whom were ignored.

Hedy Lamar – Actor and Inventor

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Watercolour portrait of Ada King, Countess of Lovelace, circa 1840, possibly by Alfred Edward Chalon

Podcast Episode 54 l Ada Lovelace, First Computer Programmer

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Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace, was born on December 10, 1815. She was the daughter of the famous poet Lord Byron and his wife Anne Isabella Noel Byron. Ada Lovelace was an extremely brilliant...

Agatha Christie

VLOG Episode 8 | The Queen of Crime – Agatha Christie

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Agatha Christie, is the undisputed Queen of Crime and here we talk about her life and times.

This fictional portrait of Hypatia by Jules Maurice Gaspard, originally the illustration for Elbert Hubbard's 1908 fictional biography, has now become, by far, the most iconic and widely reproduced image of her

Podcast Episode 46 l Hypatia – Greek Philosopher Mathematician Astronomer Killed By Fanatics

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Podcast Episode on Hypatia - Greek Philosopher Mathematician Astronomer Killed By Fanatics. Her death was a result of power struggle between men.

Illustration by Louis Figuier in Vies des savants illustres, depuis l'antiquité jusqu'au dix-neuvième siècle from 1866, representing the author's imagining of what the assault against Hypatia might have looked like

Hypatia – Greek Philosopher Mathematician Astronomer Killed By Fanatics

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Hypatia was a Greek pholosopher mathematician & astronomer from Alexandria, in the 4th century BC. She was admired for her ideas but was killed by Christian fanatics.

Caroline Herschel, First Professional Female Astronomer

Fantastic Women Series – Caroline Herschel First Professional Female Astronomer

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Caroline Herschel was the First Professional Female Astronomer who discovered comets and star clusters in the 18th century and the first to be awarded a Gold Medal by the Royal Society.

Eunice Newton Foote's paper on CO2 and Global Warming

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Eunice Newton Foote - The Woman Scientist Who Predicted Global Warming in 1856. She was a campaigner for women's rights. But she has been forgotten.

Eunice Newton Foote's paper on CO2

Fantastic Women Series: Eunice Newton Foote

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Eunice Newton Foote - The Woman Scientist Who Predicted Global Warming in 1856. She was a campaigner for women's rights. But she has been forgotten.

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On This Day: July 25, 1984 – Svetlana Savitskaya first woman to perform a spacewalk

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On July 25, 1984, former Russian aviator and cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya become the first woman to fly to space twice and the first to perform a spacewalk. She was also the second woman in space aft...

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