WOMEN IN THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION

  • Sophia Brahe

    Sophia Brahe
    Sophia Brahe was a Danish horticulturalist who studied the fields of astronomy, chemistry and medicine. He work helping to allow for a better determination of the planets orbit around the sun.
  • Maria Sibylla Merian

    Maria Sibylla Merian
    Maria Sibylla Merian was a German botanist and zoologist who created an illustrated book of specimens of European insects, moths, and butterflies.
  • Maria winkelman

    Maria winkelman
    Maria winkelman was a German astronomer who worked with her husband, developing astronomical calendars. In that time female scientists were not respected at the time, but she became the first women in discover a comet.
  • Émilie du Châtelet

    Émilie du Châtelet
    She was born the 17 of december of 1706 and he died the 10 of september of 1749. Was a French physicist and mathematician who translated and explained Newtons Principia Mathematica to French.
  • Laura Bassi

    Laura Bassi
    Laura Bassi was born in 1711 and died in 1778.was an Italian physic who became the first female professor at a European university in history.
  • Caroline Herschel

    Caroline Herschel
    Caroline Herschel was born en 1750 and died in 1848. Was a German-British astronomer who discovered several comets.