Mar 3, 2023
Dr. Catherine Whitlock is a former biomedical researcher, who spent
ten years in London labs where she explored the immune response in
Goodpasture’s disease and rheumatoid arthritis. She now works as a
science writer and author and is a member of the Association of
British Science Writers, the Royal Society of Biology and the
British Society for Immunology.
In this talk, Dr. Whitlock presents her new book "10 Women Who
Changed Science and the World.” The book tells the moving stories
of the physicists, biologists, chemists, astronomers and doctors
who helped to shape our world with their extraordinary
breakthroughs and inventions, and outlines their remarkable
achievements.
These scientists overcame significant obstacles, often simply
because they were women. Despite living during periods when the
contribution of women was disregarded, if not ignored, these
resilient women persevered with their research, whether they were
creating life-saving drugs or expanding our knowledge of the
cosmos. By daring to ask 'How?' and 'Why?' and persevering against
all odds, each of these women has helped to make the world a better
place.
Originally published in October of 2019.
Visit YouTube.com/TalksatGoogle to watch the video.