Unsung Heroes Of Science

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

Unsung Heroes Of Science — page 3 — Jocelyn Bell Burnell Discovers Pulsars Jocelyn Bell Burnell liked to say she discrimination from male students started by failing Growing up in Some of them taunted her when she Northern Ireland she failed a major simply walked into the classroom exam at age 11 In the middle of the She earned a PhD from Cambridge twentieth century most of the world University did not value women's education As a PhD student Burnell worked on But Burnell s family did They sent a team that was researching radio her to boarding school to focus waves in space Detecting these on her studies Burnell enjoyed waves required a huge telescope It learning Astronomy was her favorite was made up of thousands of poles subject and wires Burnell assisted in its Burnell continued her studies through college She faced construction When the telescope received a signal it printed it out on a piece of paper Burnell reviewed all of these signals In November 1967 Burnell saw an odd signal She thought it might be a mistake But she noticed it kept appearing At first the team thought it could be an alien signal It turned out not to be quite that exciting But in astronomical history it was incredible The signal Jocelyn Bell Burnell was the mark of a pulsar A pulsar is a star that spins

Unsung Heroes Of Science — page 4 — 24 THINK ABOUT IT Age of Burnell when she discovered pulsars Bell did not receive the Nobel Prize even though she was a key part of the discovery Have you ever not gotten credit you felt you deserved How did you handle it Burnell was interested in astronomy from an early age She studied physics and then pursued her PhD at Cambridge University Her research led to the discovery of pulsars Two of her male colleagues were awarded the Nobel Prize but she was not Burnell continued her amazing career in science She never won the Nobel Prize but earned many other scientific awards As of 2016 she worked as a professor in the United Kingdom very quickly Nobody knew that they existed In the coming years scientists used Burnell s research to learn more about pulsars In 1974 two advisors at Cambridge won the Nobel Prize for the discovery Burnell was excluded She believed the advisors were chosen because they were men The committee probably assumed they had made the discovery Some in the scientific Burnell was honored with the community argued for Burnell to be Prudential Woman recognized but she of the Year award never was in

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