Women in science posters

Designed by one of our physics students, these posters celebrate the contribution made by four world class female scientists.

Rosiland Franklin

Rosiland Franklin was a chemist and x-ray crystallographer who was instrumental in the discovery of DNA.

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Ada Lovelace

Ada Lovelace is often referred to as the worlds first computer programmer due to her involvement with early mechanical calculating machines. She is credited as the first person to predict the use of computers for more than mathematics.

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Ruby Payne-Scott

Ruby Payne-Scott was an Australian physicist who after working on radar technology at CSIRO during the war went on to become a pioneer in radio astronomy.

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