How has science shaped us? It has made our lives easier in many ways, for example, modern technology, astronomy, and all the basic things we enjoy include science.

The earliest roots of science are traced to Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia. The science happening at this time, known as the Bronze Age, was in fact the technology of bronze melting. The historical evidence of cave paintings indicate that astronomy is the oldest science. 

Women of Science

History is full of women who have made an immense contribution to science and some of these women are: Ada Lovelace, Marie Curie and Rosalind Franklin.

Marie Curie was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize in 1903 and the first person to win a second Nobel Prize in 1911. She discovered two elements which were radium and polonium, and contributed to finding treatments for cancer.

Ada Lovelace was an English mathematician and a writer, chiefly known for her work on Charles Babbage's mechanical general-purpose computer, the Analytical Engine. Ada Lovelace is known as the first computer programmer.

Rosalind Elsie Franklin was an English chemist and X-ray crystallographer whose work was central to the understanding of the molecular structures of DNA, RNA, viruses, coal, and graphite.

Her research has helped people understand DNA - the building block of life.

How have women changed the science world?

Women have made discoveries and inventions which have changed the world.

Written by Arantxa Sable.

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