The word magic is not often used in the context of science. But in the early 1930s, scientists discovered that some atomic ...

On November 5, 1963, Maria Goeppert Mayer was awakened early in the morning by a telephone call. “But I do not know anyone in Stockholm,” she wondered, while her husband, Joseph Mayer, was already on ...

That was Maria Goeppert Mayer, the first (and only) woman to win the award for theoretical physics. (It would take another 60 + years for Donna Strickland to become the third woman physics laureate in ...

Maria Goeppert Mayer was a physicist at Argonne who developed the nuclear shell model theory, a pivotal discovery that won her a Nobel Prize in 1963. This year marks the 75 th anniversary of the ...

Great Women of Science: First Woman Nobel Laureate in Theoretical Physics, Maria Goeppert Mayer In 1903, Marie Curie became the first woman to win a Nobel Prize (in experimental Physics). It took ...

Chicago’s legacy of innovation stretches far beyond its architectural marvels and industrial milestones deep into science and technology. The city has been home to a lineage of STEM pioneers like John ...

Another winner is Dr. Maria Goeppert Mayer of the University of California. Professor Wigner, 61, was born in Germany. He came to Princeton in 1930 and became an American citizen seven years later.