Marie was the first woman in France to earn a PhD in physics. The professors who reviewed her doctoral thesis, declared it “the greatest single contribution to science ever written." What kinds of contributions did she make to the understanding of science as we know it today? Tune in to find out!
Jun 3
Lucy Wow Presents: Snoop and Sniffy Season 12!
If you're looking for another awesome GoKidGo show, you're in the right place! A canine vigilante is patrolling Pflugerville's Bark Street at night, keeping it safe from miscreants and baddies, but that’s Snoop and Sniffy’s job! Can our two detectives figure out who this masked c ... Show More
21m 46s
May 21
S12E09 - Lucy Wow: The Soap Opera Saga, Part Two
The Soap Opera drama continues as Bobby Wonder & friends now must clean the town of dirt, grease, and grime and put a stop to Mighty Mila’s mischievous ways. Just like Lucy, you can put your brilliant minds to work with ABCmouse, the award-winning learning program for kids ages 2 ... Show More
17m 27s
Feb 2020
Science Stories - Mary Somerville, pioneer of popular science writing
Mary Somerville was a self-taught genius who wrote best-selling books translating, explaining and drawing together different scientific fields and who was named the nineteenth century's "queen of science". Born Mary Fairfax in 1780, she was an unlikely scientific hero. Her parent ... Show More
27m 33s
Jul 2021
Anna Reser and Leila McNeill, "Forces of Nature: The Women who Changed Science" (Frances Lincoln, 2021)
From the ancient world to the present women have been critical to the progress of science, yet their importance is overlooked, their stories lost, distorted, or actively suppressed. Forces of Nature sets the record straight and charts the fascinating history of women's discoverie ... Show More
1h 1m
Nov 2022
Marie Curie: A Case Study in Breaking Barriers
Marie Curie, born Maria Sklodowska from a poor family in Poland, rose to the pinnacle of scientific fame in the early years of the twentieth century, winning the Nobel Prize twice in the fields of physics and chemistry. At the time, women were simply not accepted in scientific fi ... Show More
23m 41s
May 2019
Moms of Science: Stories about being mothers and scientists
This week we present a story of scientist becoming a mother. Part 1: Heather Williams trades in her physicist labcoat for motherhood, and wonders if she can return. Heather Williams is a principal medical physicist at The Christie hospital in Manchester, UK, where she oversees im ... Show More
19m 34s
Mar 2013
De Sofia Kovalevskaya à Dorothy Hodgkin : Les femmes scientifiques en Europe, Annette Vogt, version audio
Femmes et sciences du 6 janvier 2011. De Sofia Kovalevskaya à Dorothy Hodgkin : Les femmes scientifiques en Europe, Annette Vogt
Le sujet « Femmes et Sciences » est sorti de l'ombre en France au milieu des années 1990, lorsque le problème de la place des femmes en politique a été ... Show More
57m 18s