Women in Science

Women in Science

Darryl York

Grantham University

Women in Science

Since the beginning of man, women has been portrayed as being the lesser of the two. In a lot of cultures, they we to be as nonexistent as possible in fear of extreme consequences. It was very rare to have a civilization treat women as an equal. Even in the great United States of America, women has had non-equal rights until the early 20th century. Even though they are categorized as being equivalent to men in today's society, that is still not what is actually happening. Women have been the backbone of humankind since the beginning of humankind. Men might be the providers, but women are the one's that make it happen. Women not only took care of their household, they also strived through adversity to prove that women can do what men can. One area, in particular, is in the area of science. Many inventions and discoveries were made by women, but they were overshadowed by their male counterparts. Women were a huge part of the scientific revolution and also throughout history until this day.

During the time of the scientific revolution, there were many women who contributed to the success of this time. Marie Cunitz was an experienced musician and an accomplished painter, as well as an astrologist who especially enjoyed astronomical problems. She worked along side Johannes Kepler, translating and simplifying his work that determined a way to predict how planets move around the Sun. For some time, her translations were the only ones available, but many people did not believe a women had written it and her husband had to add a preface into the book to verify that he hadn’t helped her. The book, "Urania Propitia", provided new tables, new ephemera, and a more elegant solution to "Kepler's Problem," which involves the maximum density of spheres in a three-dimensional space. The book gave her recognition throughout Europe, especially since it was written in both Latin and...