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Sophia Brahe
She was a Danish horticulturalist who studied the fields of astronomy, chemistry and medicine. She worked with her brother finding a supernova and lunar eclipse.
Her work helped to allow for a better determination of the planets' orbit around the sun. -
Maria Cunitz
She was a German astronomer who provided much insight into the field of Astronomy. She was inspired to study astronomy by her second husband, who was a mathematician and astronomer. She is known for writing the book Urania Propitia, which would more easily determine the position of planets in their paths around the sun.
The crater Cunitz on Venus and the asteroid Mariacunitia were named in his honour. -
Margaret Cavendish
She was a duchess of Newcastle, an English aristocrat and prolific writer. He researched matter, motion and vacuum, formulated the first molecular theories and wrote a dozen books about physics.
She made a lot of writings, including poems, plays, literary criticism, letters and essays on natural philosophy and science. -
Maria Sibylla Merian
She was a German entomological scientist, naturalist, explorer, scientific illustrator and painter. She learned drawing techniques from his father and with him she painted flowers, fruits, birds and insects. She created an illustrated book of specimens of European insects, moths, and butterflies.
She travelled to Africa and in the work she did she revealed plants and animals unknown in the Old Continent.
In the final of the 20th century, Her work was restored and honoured many times. -
Maria Winkelmann
She was a German astronomer who worked with her husband developing astronomical calendars. She acted as his husband's assistant even though she was actually his co-worker. In 1702, she became the first woman to discover a comet.
She published important works on the northern lights, the conjunction of the Sun with Saturn and Venus, and the prediction of a new comet in 1711. -
Gabrielle Emilie Du Chatelet
She was a French Mathematician and Physicist. Her writing known as the "Foundations of Physics" give her fame and she became a member of the "Republic of Letters". Her most famous contribution in Physics was her corrections on Galileo's hypotheses.
She also translated Newton's Principia and disseminated the concepts of differential and integral calculus. -
Laura Bassi
She was an Italian physicist who became the first female professor at a European university in history. She is known for her contributions to Newtonian physics.
There is a crater named in her honor.
