Unsung Heroes Of Science

Unsung Heroes Of Science book cover — Table of Contents Mary Anning Hunts for Fossils Jocelyn Bell Burnell Discovers Pulsars Marie Daly Earns Chemistry PhD Charles Drew Makes Blood Banks Possible 10 Carlos Juan Finlay Finds the cause of Yellow Fever 12 Rosalind Franklin Discovers the Structure of DNA 14 Lue Gim Gong Saves Florida's Citrus Industr 16 Ernest E Just Changes How We Look at Cells 18 Henrietta Swan Leavitt Calculates the Universe 20 Lise Meitner Helps Discover Nuclear Fission 22 Charles Henry Turner Discovers Amazing Insect Facts 24 Chien Shiung Wu Pioneers Nuclear Research 26 Fact Sheet 28 Glossary 30 For More Information 31 Index 32 About the

Unsung Heroes Of Science — page 1 — Mary Anning Hunts for Fossils Mary Anning's life was filled with great discoveries Many were made in her home country of England England's capital London was Anning was born in 1799 on the southern coast of England She spent much of her childhood walking the nearby cliffs Her family was poor But the area was rich in dinosaur fossils The Anning family collected and sold fossils to support themselves Finding fossils considered a center of scientific thought during the 1800s But Anning lived in tiny Lyme Regis far removed from London And women were not thought was dangerous work The cliffs of as equal were slippery and unstable Anning participants in showed a good eye for finding fossils making scientific from a young age history By the 1820s Anning had taken over running the family business Most of her amazing finds were sold to museums and personal collections But NN she did not get credit for most of the fossils she Anning found Because she was collected and a woman and had no sold fossils educational background the scientific community dismissed her RB

Unsung Heroes Of Science — page 2 — Among Anning's notable finds were full skeletons of Ichthyosaurus Anning discovered the first full Ichthyosaurus fossil similar to this one and Plesiosaurus These were the first known complete examples ever found Both were swimming dinosaurs But even these disappointed that she didn't have a discoveries earned Anning only bigger role in science limited recognition She was Time has recognized Anning's achievements In 2010 the Royal Society of London named her one of the top ten British women in scientific history Anning's age when she found the Ichthyosaurus fossil ANNING S NAME LIVES ON Anning was born in 1799 The Anning family collected and sold fossils Anning found the first known full skeletons of two dinosaurs Ichthyosaurus and Plesiosaurus Anning found the Ichthyosaurus skeleton in approximately 1811 Nearly 200 years later in 2008 a new species was discovered It was given a fitting name Ichthyosaurus anningae in her honor In 2010 Anning was named one of the most influential female British

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