Lost Women of Science

Lost Women of Science 159 - A pioneer behind x-ray crystallography, Isabella Karle

For every Marie Curie or Rosalind Franklin whose story has been told, hundreds of female scientists remain unknown to the public at large. In this series, we illuminate the lives and work of a diverse array of groundbreaking scientists who, because of time, place and gender, have gone largely unrecognized. Each season we focus on a different scientist, putting her narrative into context, explaining not just the science but also the social and historical conditions in which she lived and worked. We also bring these stories to the present, painting a full picture of how her work endures.

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Lost Women of Science

Episodes

A pioneer behind x-ray crystallography, Isabella Karle

Conversations: The Rediscovery of I Who Have Never Known Men

Best Of: The Woman Who Demonstrated the Greenhouse Effect

La mujer que demostró el efecto invernadero

Tilly Edinger: The Paleoneurologist Saved By Her Science

Kamala Sohonie: The Chemist who Wanted to Feed a Nation

Sharla Boehm: The Programmer Whose Code Underpins the Internet

Best Of: Chemistry Professor and Crime Buster: The Remarkable Life of Mary Louisa Willard

Profesora de química y caza criminales: La extraordinaria vida de Mary Louisa Willard

Elizabeth Roboz Einstein: The Determined Genius Behind a Multiple Sclerosis Breakthrough

Conversation: If I Am Right, and I Know I Am: Inge Lehmann, the Woman Who Discovered Earth’s Innermost Secret

BONUS: Agnes Pockels and the Kitchen Sink Myth

Layers of Brilliance: Vanishing Act -- Episode Six

Layers of Brilliance: The Self You Have to Live With - Episode Five

Layers of Brilliance: The Breakthrough - Episode Four

Layers of Brilliance: The Air She Breathed -- Episode Three

Layers of Brilliance: The 'House of Magic' -- Episode Two

Layers of Brilliance: The Chemical Genius of Katharine Burr Blodgett - Episode One

Layers of Brilliance

The Lost Women of Science - Our Book for Young Readers

For Susan

The Mouse Lady

Lost Women of Science Conversations: Rosalind - The Opera

Best Of: Finding Dora Richardson: The Forgotten Developer of Tamoxifen, a Lifesaving Breast Cancer Therapy - Episode Two

Encontrando a Dora Richardson – La desarrolladora olvidada del tamoxifeno, una terapia vital contra el cáncer de mama

Best Of: Finding Dora Richardson, The Forgotten Developer of Tamoxifen, a Lifesaving Breast Cancer Therapy - Episode One

Encontrando a Dora Richardson – Episodio 1

Opening Doors to Computer Science

Frances Glessner Lee: The Mother of Forensic Science

The Mothers of Gynecology

Best Of: Dr. Sarah Loguen Fraser, an Ex-Slave’s Daughter, Becomes a Celebrated Doctor

La Dra. Sarah Loguen Fraser, hija de un ex esclavo, se convierte en una destacada médica

Mujeres perdidas del Proyecto Manhattan: Carolyn Beatrice Parker

Best Of: Lost Women of the Manhattan Project - Carolyn Beatrice Parker

Emma Unson Rotor: la física filipina que desarrolló un arma ultrasecreta

Best Of: Emma Unson Rotor: The Filipina Physicist Who Developed a Top Secret Weapon

Best Of: The Victorian Woman Who Chased Eclipses

La mujer victoriana que perseguía los eclipses

Lost Women of Science - Mujeres Olvidadas de la Ciencia - En Espanõl

Lost Women of Science - In Spanish!

The Weather Expert Who Answered the $64,000 Question

Florence Nightingale and her Geeks Declare War on Death

Lost Women of Science Conversations: Air-borne

Buried History: The Feminist Birth of the Home Pregnancy Test

Lost Women of Science Conversations: The Elements of Marie Curie

In Evangelina's Footsteps | 5

Siguiendo los pasos de Evangelina | 5

El dictador y la doctora | 4

The Dictator and the Doctor | 4

El retorno de la doctora rebelde | 3