Women in science they mysteriously don't teach you about

[Donald Ian Rankin]

7. A few quibbles:

:- Goodall, but not Fossey or Galdikas?

:- It's probably not accurate to describe Cartwright as "the primary developer of Chaos theory", although she did play a major role its devolopment.

:- Emmy Noether - who I think most mathematicians would probably describe as the most accomplished female mathematician of the last 500 years - is conspicuous by her absense. She made major contributions to the development of both algebraic number theory and theoretical mechanics, and I think there was something else important she worked on as well, although I can't remember what. And far fewer people have heard of her than of Lovelace, Hopper or Goodall (possibly because "Look! Expert on chimpanzees" or "Look! Expert on computers" plays better with children than "Look! Expert on complicated theoretical mathematics you won't be able to understand unless you major in it at college!&quot .

:- Unlike Noether, Lise Meitner possibly doesn't belong on a list of women they don't teach you about, but she has at least as much claim to be there as Lovelace or Goodall, I think.