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Which physicist became the first woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Physics, in 1903?
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Marie Curie
Which mathematician and astronomer discovered the first known asteroid, Ceres, in 1801?
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Giuseppe Piazzi
Which astronomer classified more than 350,000 stars at Harvard Observatory?
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Annie Jump Cannon
Which physicist explained nuclear fission with Otto Frisch after its discovery in 1938?
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Lise Meitner
Which mathematician wrote the 1843 notes describing an algorithm for Charles Babbage’s Analytical Engine?
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Ada Lovelace
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Which mathematician and astronomer discovered the first known asteroid, Ceres, in 1801?
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Giuseppe Piazzi
Which astronomer classified more than 350,000 stars at Harvard Observatory?
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Annie Jump Cannon
Which physician and virologist developed the first successful vaccine against rubella?
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Stanley Plotkin
Which scientist won the 1986 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering nerve growth factor?
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Rita Levi-Montalcini
Which mathematician became the first woman to win the Fields Medal in 2014?
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Maryam Mirzakhani
Which chemist won the 2018 Nobel Prize for developing directed evolution of enzymes?
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Frances Arnold