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Women in Science - Audio

Women in Science - Audio

How have individual female scientists contributed to the advancement of science through time? To celebrate the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day (March 8th) and to mark International Year of Chemistry 2011, The Open University asked some of the female scientists currently working in its Faculty of Science, to nominate their personal choice of outstanding woman of science. The female scientists nominated include several Nobel Prize Laureates, such as Marie Curie, Dorothy Hodgkin and American geneticist, Barbara McClintock. The academics also talk about their own experiences of being a woman in the sciences today.

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Marie Curie

Dr Liz Parvin, Senior Lecturer in Medical Physics at The Open University, nominates double Nobel Laureate Marie Curie, as her outstanding female scientist.

03-08

07:36

Mary Anning

Open University PHD student Lucy Greenwood talks about Mary Anning, who collected some of the most significant fossils ever found.

03-08

05:38

Rosalind Franklin

Professor of Planetary and Space Sciences at The Open University, Monica Grady, celebrates the work of British chemist Rosalind Franklin.

03-08

06:46

Gertrude Elles

Senior Lecturer in Earth Sciences at The Open University, Dr Sandy Smith nominates geologist, Gertrude Elles.

03-08

04:58

Dorothy Hodgkin

Post-Doctoral Researcher, Clare Warren, nominates Dorothy Hodgkin - the first British woman to win a Nobel Prize.

03-08

06:14

Barbara McClintock

American geneticist Barbara McClintock won a Nobel for her pioneering work on genetic transposition. Chosen by Dr Hilary MacQueen, Head of the Department of Life Sciences at The Open University.

03-08

05:52

Women in Science Today

All the speakers work at The Open University’s Faculty of Science. Here, they talk about their own experiences of being a woman in science today.

03-08

07:58

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