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Grace Hopper Biography
Grace Hopperrear admiral; computer scientistBorn: 12/9/1906Birthplace: New York City Dr. Grace Murray Hopper was one of the earliest computer programmers and a leader in the field of software…Maria Goeppert Mayer Biography
Maria Goeppert MayerphysicistBorn: 6/28/1906Birthplace: Katowice (then Germany, now Poland) An accomplished physicist, Goeppert-Mayer made numerous contributions to the field of physics and…Carlos Noriega Biography
Carlos NoriegaAstronautBorn: 10/8/1959Birthplace: Lima, Peru Astronaut Carlos Noriega had a distinguished career as a Marine Corps pilot before venturing millions of miles beyond planet Earth…Ellen Ochoa Biography
Ellen OchoaAstronautBorn: 5/10/1958Birthplace: Los Angeles, California Astronaut Ellen Ochoa first left Earth in July 1991 and became the world's first Hispanic female astronaut. A mission…Kalpana Chawla Biography
Kalpana ChawlaastronautBorn: 7/1/1961Birthplace: Karnal, India Kalpana Chawla's love of flying led to her career as a NASA astronaut. She started her higher education in India, earning a B.S…Yuan T. Lee Biography
Yuan T. LeechemistBorn: 11/29/1936Birthplace: Hsinchu, Taiwan Yuan T. Lee was one of three who shared the 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Although Lee's childhood in Taiwan was interrupted by…Yellapragada SubbaRow Biography
Yellapragada SubbaRowbiochemistBorn: 1/12/1895Birthplace: Bhimavaram, India The young Yellapragada SubbaRow flunked out of two high schools in India until the death of his father caused him…Samuel Chao Chung Ting Biography
Samuel Chao Chung TingphysicistBorn: 1/27/1936Birthplace: Ann Arbor, Mich Although born in the U.S. while his parents were visiting, Ting returned to China when he was two months old and…Daniel C. Tsui Biography
Daniel C. TsuiphysicistBorn: 1939Birthplace: Henan Province, China Daniel Tsui was born in a remote Chinese village to illiterate parents who were determined that their children would be…Chien-Shiung Wu Biography
Chien-Shiung Wuexperimental physicistBorn: 5/29/1912Birthplace: nr. Shanghai Chien-Shiung Wu received her bachelor's degree from National Central University in Nanjing in 1936 and her…