Physics Assignment
Form a group, pick a scientist from the list below and prepare an introduction to that scientist for the class or you may pick your own scientist.
The information may be:
A video (youtube, TikToc etc.)
A podcast
A PowerPoint or Google Slides presentation
A written report
Any other format you might decide to use
The report should include:
Name of the scientist
Dates of Birth and Death
Where the scientist was born
Field of study of the scientist
Contributions of the scientist
Any honors the scientist won or was passed over for.
Discussion of the life of the scientist, focusing on how the scientist was different from the typical scientists we hear about and any challenges the scientist faced.
What aspect of the scientist’s life had the most impact on you?
How could the scientist’s professional journey influence your professional journey?
What part of the scientist’s career surprised you the most
Ada Lovelace
Chien-Shiung Wu
Rosalind Franklin
Vera Rubin
Gladys West
Katherine Freese
Maria Goeppert Mayer
Lise Meitner
Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyà ibn aṣ-Ṣā’igh at-Tūjībī ibn Bājja (Arabic: أبو بكر محمد بن يحيى بن الصائغ التجيبي بن باجة), best known by his Latinised name Avempace
Abu’l Hassan Ali ibn Ridwan Al-Misri (Arabic: أبو الحسن علي بن رضوان المصري
Abū Kāmil Shujāʿ ibn Aslam ibn Muḥammad Ibn Shujāʿ (Latinized as Auoquamel,[1] Arabic: أبو كامل شجاع بن أسلم بن محمد بن شجاع, also known as al-ḥāsib al-miṣrī—lit. “the Egyptian reckoner”)
Abū al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Kathīr al-Farghānī (Arabic: أبو العبّاس أحمد بن محمد بن كثير الفرغاني also known as Alfraganus
Ḥasan Ibn al-Haytham
Nur ad-Din al-Bitruji (also spelled Nur al-Din Ibn Ishaq al-Betrugi and Abu Ishâk ibn al-Bitrogi) (known in the West by the Latinized name of Alpetragius)
Francisca Nneka Okeke
Benjamin Banneker
Alberto Pedro Calderón
Pedro Nunes
Victor Neumann-Lara
Mary Golda Ross
Srinivasa Ramanujan
Satyendra Nath Bose
Alan Turing
Henrietta Leavitt
Zhang Heng (Chinese: 張衡; AD 78–139)
Shen Kuo
