Pioneers

The extraordinary women who defied expectations, broke barriers, and forever changed the course of human knowledge.

Marie Curie
Physics & Chemistry

Marie Curie

1867 - 1934

First woman to win a Nobel Prize, and the only person to win Nobel Prizes in two different sciences. Discovered polonium and radium.

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.

Through Time

Milestones that shaped science and inspired generations

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1815

Ada Lovelace Born

The future first computer programmer enters the world in London.

Ada Lovelace
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1815Ada Lovelace Born
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1843First Algorithm
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1867Marie Curie Born
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1903First Nobel Prize
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1911Second Nobel
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1920Rosalind Franklin Born
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1945Rosalind's Research
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1952Photo 51
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1926Jane Goodall Born
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1960Gombe Research Begins
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1977Jane's Institute
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1918Katherine Johnson Born
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1956NASA Joins
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1962Orbit Calculations
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1969Moon Landing
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2015Medal of Freedom
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2016Hidden Figures
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