Marie Curie has been voted the greatest woman scientist of all time. Photo: PA From The Telegraph:
Marie Curie, the Nobel Prize-winning nuclear physicist has been voted the greatest woman scientist of all time.
The Polish-born researcher, who discovered radiation therapy could treat cancer, won just over a quarter of the poll (25.1 per cent) - almost twice as much as her nearest rival Rosalind Franklin (14.2 per cent), the English biophysicist who helped discover the structure of DNA.
Only two modern role models made the top ten - astrophysicist Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell came fourth (4.7 per cent) and Dr Jane Goodall, the world famous primatologist, was tenth (2.7 per cent).
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