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Maria Winkelmann

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Friday, February 28, 2014

Alexander Diaz

Problems with

Scientific Discoveries

and Achievements

the Berlin Academy

...she found a comet in the sky. At which time she woke me, and I found that it was indeed a comet... I was surprised that I had not seen it the night before.

~Gottfried Kirch 1710

  • Her husband did not attribute the discovery to her for fear that he could not acknowledge Maria's contributions directly as the Academy's head astronomer.
  • Contributed to establishing the Berlin Academy of Science as a major center of Astronomy.
  • Never attended a University, but was trained by her family.
  • Published several works about her discoveries.
  • Worked as assistant for her husband, another astronomer.
  • Discovered the first "comet" - though the credit went to her husband. It was deemed the "Comet of 1702".
  • Denied a position from her Academy because she was a woman.
  • Her situation reflected what other female scholars went through until the Twentieth Century.
  • Overall, the Scientific Revolution did little to alter people's view about the nature of women.

Biographical Information

Querrelles des Femmes

  • Born in Leapzig, Germany in the year 1670.
  • Educated by her father and uncle.
  • Worked alongside her husband, Gottfried Kirch, Prussia's foremost astronomist.
  • Became the most famous female astronomer in Germany.

Written Works

  • Observations on Aurora Borealis (1707)
  • "Von der Conjunction der Sonne des Saturni und der Venus" (1709)
  • "The Approaching Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn" (1712)
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