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Émilie du Châtelet
She was a french mathematician and physicist. She translated Newton's "Principia" into french and shared her ideas throughout Europe. She is known for contributing to the understanding of kinetic energy ans its relationship to the speed of an object, through her own experiments. -
Laura Bassi
Laura Bassi borned in Bologna was an Italian philosopher, poet, teacher and scientist. She is known for being one of the first woman to earn a doctorate in science and for becoming the first female teacher of physics in Europe. She was a pioneer in higher education for women and an important figure in the dissemination of science in the 18th century in Italy. -
Dorothea Erxleben
Dorothea was a German physician, famous for being the first woman to earn a doctorate in medicine in Germany, at the university of Halle in 1754. She become a pioneer in medical education for women and an iconic in the history of medicine. -
Maria Gaetana Agnesi
Maria Gaetana Agnesi was born in Milan (Italy) and died in the same place because of pneumonia. She was a philosopher, mathematician, linguist, philanthropist, writer and theologian. She was known for her work on "Analytical Institutions". Her contribution to mathematics was such that she is considered one of the first woman to be a univesity teacher and to write a treatise on mathematics. -
Caroline Herschel
She was a German astronomer based in England, who discovered eight comets, six of which have her name. She worked with her brother on the development of telescopes and on their observations. She was the first woman to receive a salary as a scientist and the first woman in England to hols a government position. -
Sophie Germain
She was a French self-taught mathematician and physicist. She was a master of the theory of elasticity and made important contributions to number theory. One of her most important works was the study of what later becamen known as the Sophie Germain primes (prime numbers whose double increased by one unit is also a prime number).