Interview with Elizabeth Rasekoala
Dec 02, 2019
Elizabeth Rasekoala has been awarded for her fight for diversity, sociocultural, and gender inclusion, in science learning, practice, and communication in Africa.
Etiqueta: women and science
The story of Mileva Marić
Dec 02, 2019
It is currently widely believed that Einstein’s first wife, Mileva Marić, made significant contributions to his scientific work. But, is there good evidence that Mileva Marić was Einstein’s secret collaborator?
Interview with Angela Saini
Sep 04, 2019
Interview with Angela Saini, scientific journalist (United Kingdom) and author of the book Inferior (2017).
Hildegard
Sep 02, 2019
In late-Middle-Age Central European monasteries, nuns like Hildegard von Bingen rivaled monks in intellectual excellence.
Einstein Maric, an unsolved equation
Mar 05, 2018
Mileva Maric was a notorious mathematician and Einstein's first wife. Although her figure is not well known, there is a big debate regarding her role in Einstein's Nobel Prize for Physics.
Four female voices in science
Mar 05, 2018
Obstacles, virtues and experiences derived from being a woman in science.
«Las mujeres de la Luna», by Daniel Roberto Altschuler and Fernando Ballesteros
Apr 25, 2017
Out of 1,600 craters in total, only 28 have a woman's name. The book calls attention to this and pays homage to these often forgotten historical figures.
Crazy about science
Apr 10, 2017
The general model for evaluating scientific production fits into the accountability system: a way of measuring scientific output which does not usually acknowledge the presence of gender imbalances in academic institutions. Here we take the need to rethink this system and the indicators it uses
Rita Levi-Montalcini: Jewish, woman and scientist
Apr 06, 2017
Rita Levi-Montalcini’s life can be summarised in a single sentence: more than one century of struggle. Levi-Montalcini lived a hundred-year life during which she had to overcome, one by one, many obstacles keeping her from fully realising her personal project. Many would have given up
Women and science
Mar 06, 2017
Women have been traditionally excluded from the public sphere – education, politics, art and culture – and confined to the domestic sphere. This situation has experimented a slow steady change in different areas since the late modern period. A more liberal society has allowed the progressive incorporation of women to public life.