Who Am I?

discovered 2 new elements; only person to win 2 Nobel Prizes in both physics and chemistry.

Famous biologist whose research developed the theory of evolution by natural selection.

Theories of relativity changed understanding of light, gravity & time; famous equation E=mc2

Helped discover DNA’s structure; discovered DNA molecules can exist in more than 1 form.

The greatest fossil finder of her era; became the foremost authorities on fossils.

Remodeled the atom so electrons occupied orbits around the nucleus; founded quantum mechanics.

Discovered that nuclear fission can produce enormous amounts of energy.

Discovered that an organism’s sex is determined by its chromosomes: XX female, XY male.

1st woman in America to be awarded a medical degree; opened medical college for women

Discovered the neutron in 1932 and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1935.