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December 1st and today starts my traditional Women in STEM advent calendar. Some I have tweeted about before, some are new. Time to open door no 1.
#WomenInSTEM #STEMcalendar #AdventCalendar #STEMedu #STEAM #TechEdu #DandT #DT
#WomenInSTEM #STEMcalendar #AdventCalendar #STEMedu #STEAM #TechEdu #DandT #DT
Door 1 - Hertha Ayrton. British engineer, mathematician, physicist, inventor. Known for her work with the electric arc + discovery with waves and ripple.
1899, she was the first woman ever to read her own paper before the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE).
#WomenInSTEM
1899, she was the first woman ever to read her own paper before the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE).
#WomenInSTEM
Door 2 - Katharine Burr Blodgett. Physicist and chemist. Invented the nonreflective glas. Which improved everything from eyeglasses to the camera on your phone. She was the first woman to receive a PhD in physics from the @Cambridge_Uni
#WomenInSTEM #STEMcalendar #AdventCalendar
#WomenInSTEM #STEMcalendar #AdventCalendar
