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Aug 24, 1559
Sophia Brahe
Sophia Brahe was a Danish astronomer and horticulturist. She was the sister of Tycho Brahe, whom she helped in his astronomical observations.Tycho, in finding a supernova and lunar eclipse. Her work helped to allow for a better determination of the planets' orbit around the sun. -
Maria Cunitz
Maria Cunitz fue una astronóma, matemática y astrológa. Es la autora del libro Urania propitia, donde además de proporcionar nuevas efemérides planetarias, presenta una versión más simple de la Segunda Ley de Kepler. Fue conocida como la "Palas de Silesia" y comparada con Hipatia de Alejandría por J.B. -
Maria Sibylla Merian
Although her name gives life to a species of butterfly, Sibylla is unknown to the general public. But this scientific illustrator was an extraordinary woman who brought the biological diversity of the ends of the Earth closer to Europe. -
Gabrielle Emilie Du Chatelet
Émilie de Châtelet or Chastellet, whose full name was Gabrielle Émilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, Marchioness of Châtelet, was a French mathematician, physicist and philosopher, translator of Newton into French and disseminator of his theories. -
Laura Bassi
The extraordinary intellectual abilities of the little Bassi were soon known and recognized among the intellectuals of Bologna, and the academics themselves visited the Bassi house to learn first-hand of the minor's brilliance of mind and logical and analytical capacity. -
Caroline Herschel
Carolina Lucrecia Herschel was a German astronomer who also lived in England. He worked with his brother Sir William Herschel in the development of his telescopes and in his observations.