Each month we celebrate a sensational scientist from history; an eminent figure in the creation, invention or discovery of a scientific breakthrough. How many famous scientists can you name? How many of those are women? Female scientists were often forgotten or unknown, simply because they were women. And yet their work was instrumental in discovering hugely important scientific breakthroughs.
Inside Whizz Pop Bang magazine your kids will discover the historic world of science; who invented computers, who discovered the milky way and who is responsible for how we forecast the weather. We tell the story of these fascinating scientists, both male and female, and how they came to discover incredible things.
A few examples of the less well-known women we’ve featured: Lise Meitner, whose work led to the discovery of nuclear fission, astronomer Caroline Herschel and Agnes Arber, botanist and early ambassador in helping the world to recognize the amazing talent of women in science. Read the full list of sensational scientists below.
List of the sensational scientists featured in Whizz Pop Bang magazine:
Issue 1: Mary Anning
Issue 2: Charles Darwin
Issue 3: Maria Telkes
Issue 4: Leonardo da Vinci
Issue 5: Lise Meitner
Issue 6: Louis Pasteur
Issue 7: Rosalind Franklin
Issue 8: Antoine Lavoisier
Issue 9: Mary Somerville
Issue 10: Charles Lyell
Issue 11: Caroline Herschel
Issue 12: Jacques Cousteau
Issue 13: Grace Hopper
Issue 14: Roy Chapman Andrews
Issue 15: William Henry Perkin
Issue 16: Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Issue 17: Florence Nightingale
Issue 18: Albert Einstein
Issue 19: Gregor Mendel
Issue 20: Rachel Carson
Issue 21: Ibn al Haytham
Issue 22: Richard Feynman
Issue 23: Agnes Arber
Issue 24: Alfred Wegener
Issue 25: Jeanne Villepreux-Power
Issue 26: George de Mestral, velcro
Issue 27: Marie Curie
Issue 28: Nicolaus Copernicus
Issue 29: Hedy Lamarr
Issue 30: Archimedes
Issue 31: Anselmus De Boot
Issue 32: Joseph Bazalgette
Issue 33: Charles Darwin
Issue 34: Michael Faraday
Issue 35: Gerty Cori
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