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Ruth Mary Rogan Benerito (January 12, 1916 – October 5, 2013) was an American physical chemist and inventor known for her huge impact work related to the textile industry, notably including the development of wash-and-wear cotton fabrics using a technique called cross-linking.
This is a historical list dealing with women scientists in the 20th century. During this time period, women working in scientific fields were rare. Women at this time faced barriers in higher education and often denied access to scientific institutions; in the Western world, the first-wave feminist movement began to break down many of these ...
In 1976, Williams became an Official Fellow, Lecturer and Director of Studies in Mathematics at Girton College, [2] positions she held until she retired in 2012. At the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge, she was a temporary lecturer (1991-1994), [2] Assistant Director of Research (1994-2002) [2] and Reader in Mathematical Physics [2] from 2002 ...
In mathematics and theoretical physics, Noether's second theorem relates symmetries of an action functional with a system of differential equations. [79] The action S of a physical system is an integral of a so-called Lagrangian function L , from which the system's behavior can be determined by the principle of least action .
Marie Curie (1867–1934), pioneering research into radioactivity. Women inventors have been historically rare in some geographic regions. For example, in the UK, only 33 of 4090 patents (less than 1%) issued between 1617 and 1816 named a female inventor. [1]
Lillian Rosanoff Lieber (1886–1986), American mathematics professor and author of popular books on science and mathematics; Magnhild Lien, Norwegian mathematician specializing in knot theory; Ewa Ligocka (1947–1922), Polish mathematical analyst and political activist; Nelly Litvak (born 1972), Russian and Dutch complex network theorist
The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences" is a 1960 article written by the physicist Eugene Wigner, published in Communication in Pure and Applied Mathematics. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In it, Wigner observes that a theoretical physics's mathematical structure often points the way to further advances in that theory and to ...
"The Intimate Relation between Mathematics and Physics". Science and Its Times: Understanding the Social Significance of Scientific Discovery. Vol. 7: 1950 to Present. Gale Group. pp. 226–229. ISBN 978-0-7876-3939-6. Vafa, Cumrun (2000). "On the Future of Mathematics/Physics Interaction". Mathematics: Frontiers and Perspectives.