WOMEN IN ASTROPHYSICS BOOKLET

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1.MARIE SALOMEA SKLODOWSKA CURIE by PATRICIA FALCÓN y ADRIÁN BURCIO


ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TEXT ON MARIE SALOMEA SKLODOWSKA CURIE: 1. Where was she was born? 2. Who was her husband? 3. What phenomena did she investigate? 4. What theory did she develop? 5. What techniques did she develop? 6. What two elements did she discover? 7. What two Nobel Prizes did she receive? 8. What happened in 1906? 9. What did she do during the First World War? 10. What did she found?


2. LISE METNER by PATRICIA GONZALO y ALBERTO FRUCTOS


ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TEXT ON LISE MEITNER: 1.When and where was Lise Meitner born? 2. When and where did Lisa Meitner die? 3. What did she study and what did she get in Vienna? 4. Who did she meet in Berlin? 5. What was she the first women in? 6. Why was her life in danger in Germany? 7. Where did she move to continue her investigation? 8. What is one of her best achievements? 9.What did she discover with Otto Hahn? 10. How many times was she nominated for the Nobel Prize?


3. STEFANIA MĂRĂCINEANU by JAVIER PASTRANA RONCERO y HUGO GARCÍA REDONDO


ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TEXT ON STEFANIA MĂRĂCINEANU: 1. Where was Stefania born? 2. Where did she study? 3. Who did she work with? And where? 4. What did she investigate about? 5. What happened next with her investigation? 6. What concept did she introduce? 7. What happened with her observations? 8. When did she return to Romania? 9. What did she do when he arrived in Romania? 10. How did she finish her scientific career?


4. CECILIA HELENA PAYNE GAPOSCHKIN by MARÍA VIALÁS y CANDELA SÁNCHEZ


ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TEXT ON CECILIA HELENA PAYNE GAPOSCHKIN: 1. Who was Cecilia Helena Payne? 2. When was Cecilia born? 3. When did she die? 4. When did she start her University studies? 5. Which university did she go to? 6. What made Cecilia get interested in astronomy? 7. Who wrote the article? 8. What did she discover in her PhD? 9. What did Cecilia achieve in 1956? 10.What other achievements did she get?


5. MARIA GOEPPER MAYER by SABINA VERDASCO, ÁFRICA FERNÁNDEZ y VÍCTOR M. PARRILLA


ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TEXT ON MARIA GOEPPERT MAYER: 1.When was she born? 2.What solution did she propose? 3.What did she study? 4.When did she start studying mathematics? 5.Where did she move after marrying? 6.Where did her husband accept a job? 7.Why did Maria leave studies when she moved? 8.What job did she get? 9.When did she start being paid? 10.What prize did she get?


6. TOSHIKO YUASA by PAULA SALAS, IRENE AMOR y SORAYA GONZÁLEZ


ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TEXT ON TOSHIKO YUASA: 1. Who was Toshiko Yuasa? 2. What did she specialize in? 3. Who did she work with in Paris? 4. What did they work on? 5. What was she awarded in 1943? 6. Why was she forced to evacuate Berlin in 1944? 7. When did she return to Paris? 8. What happened in 1956? 9. What happened in 2012? 10. What did she receive nineteen years after receiving a PhD in France?


7. GEORGEANNE ROBERTSON CAUGHLAN by LUCÍA MUÑOZ and MARÍA DÍAZ


ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TEXT ON GEORGEANNE ROBERTSON CAUGHLAN: 1.What is at the core of nuclear astrophysics? 2. Who did Caughlan work with as a researcher? 3. What was Professor Caughlan called amicably? By whom? 4. What was “Jan's” job about? 5. What was the purpose of Jan's job? 6. What qualification did Jan receive? 7. What did she decide to do after receiving her qualification? 8. How old was she when she got her doctorate? 9.What did she become after receiving her doctorate and at what age? 10. Which Nobel Prize praised her for her help?


8. EDITH ALICE MÜLLER by ÁNGEL JOSÉ MORANTE and CELIA GARCÍA


ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TEXT ON EDITH ALICE MÜLLER: 1. Where and when was she born? 2. Where did she finish her studies? 3. What did she study? 4. In what places has she worked? 5. When did she become officially a teacher? 6. What did she work in? 7. Did she work alone her entire career? 8. How many languages did she speak? 9. What was she the first woman in? 10. What was her most influential work?


9.ERIKA ELGA RUTH BÖHM-VITENSE by MERYEM SOUIDI and ÁNGELA RIVERA


ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TEXT ON ERIKA HELGA RUTH BÖHM-VITENSE: 1.In what was Erika the first? 2. In what language was her 1958 article written? 3. How many times was her article cited? 4. Where was Erika born? 5. Where did she go in 1968? 6. When was she married? 7. Where did she get the research position? 8. What awards did she receive? 9.What has she written? 10. What was the last award she received?


10.E. MARGARET PEACHEY BURBIDGE by MYRIAN FERNÁNDEZ and RODRIGO GARCÍA


ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TEXT ON E. MARGARET PEACHEY BURBIDGE: 1. When was E. Margaret Peachey Burbidge born? 2. Why is she important? 3. What was her field of specialization? 4. Why was she denied theCarnegie Fellowship? 5. What are her main contributions to science? 6. How many honorary degrees did she receive? 7. What is the asteroid named after E. Margaret Peachey Burbidge? 8. What institutions has she led? 9. What is her contribution to the Hubble Space Telescope? 10.What things fascinated her when she was a child?


11.DILHAN EZER ERYURT by LUCÍA ALONSO and AINARA MORENO


ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TEXT ON DILHAN EZER ERYURT: 1. From what department did Dilhan Ezer Eryurt graduate? 2. What did she do after that? 3. With whom did she collaborate when she moved to Canada? 4. What did Dilhan Ezer Eryurt do with him in Canada? 5. What did their models offer? 6. Where did Dilhan Ezer Eryurt work later? 7. What did she receive in 1969? 8. Why did she receive it? 9. What did Dilhan Ezer Eryurt organize in Turkey? 10. How is she regarded in Turkey?


12.BEATRICE MURIEL TINSLEY by CELIA CARRASCO, ÁNGEL GARCÍA and ARIADNA GIL


ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TEXT ON BEATRICE MURIEL TINSLEY: 1.When was she born? 2. In what was she a pioneer? 3.Where did her family emigrate? 4. In what year did she go to the United States? 5. What happened in 1967? 6. Where was she the first women working? 7. When was died? 8. How old was she when she died? 9. What did she die from? 10. Is anybody continuing with her investigation?



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