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Vol. 2 No. 2 (2025): Chimica nella Scuola n. 2 2025

Le donne della Tavola Periodica

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1473/cns.v2i2.233
Submitted
27 June 2025
Published
30-06-2025

Abstract

A topic related to the Periodic Table that is rarely addressed concerns its “female face”, that is, the contribution that women have made in adding new boxes to accommodate new elements. Marie Curie, who discovered radium and polonium, is certainly known to everyone, but the list is long and includes female scientists of great value, often forgotten. Some of them are remembered in this article.

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