Google Doodle celebrates physicist Stefania Maracineanu’s 140th birthday today’s Google Doodle helps honor and celebrate trailblazing Romanian physicist Stefania Maracineanu, on what would have been her 140th birthday.
Little is known of Mărăcineanu’s early and personal life, but according to biographers Marlene and Geoffrey Rayner-Canham, it was a “bleak” childhood. After graduating from the University of Bucharest with a degree in physical and chemical science in 1910, the young scientist taught at various high schools in the city including the Central School for Girls
A physicist in every sense of the word, Mărăcineanu even dedicated time to researching artificial rain, heading to Algeria to test her results. It is here that she even studied the link between earthquakes and rainfall, becoming the first to notice that there is often a significant increase in radioactivity at the epicenter leading up to an earthquake.
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In 1935, Irène Currie, daughter of Marie Curie, and her husband received a joint Nobel prize for their discovery of artificial radioactivity. Mărăcineanu didn’t contest the Nobel prize but asked that her role in the discovery be recognized. Mărăcineanu’s work was recognized by the Academy of Sciences of Romania in 1936 where she was elected to serve as a Director of research, but she never received global recognition for the discovery.
The Curie Museum in Paris contains the original chemical laboratory in the Radium Institute, where Mărăcineanu worked. Today’s Doodle honors Ștefania Mărăcineanu’s 140th birthday and pays tribute to her legacy.
Who is Stefania Maracineanu?
Ştefania Mărăcineanu was born on June 18, 1882, in Bucharest, Kingdom of Romania. She had a troubled childhood, which could have done speak and put her seal all through her whole presence.
She finished secondary school at the Central School for Girls in her native city. In 1907 she was appointed to the University of Bucharest, acquiring her degree in physical and chemical sciences in 1910.
History of Google Doodle Ștefania Mărăcineanu
Google Doodle is an artistic representation of the Google logo on the Google homepage. It was first introduced on the Google homepage on August 30, 1998, to celebrate the Burning Man festival. Google Doodle has since been used to celebrate various holidays, anniversaries, and special events.
The history of Google Doodle began with the Burning Man festival in 1998. Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin attended the festival and were inspired by the spirit of self-expression. They decided to create a doodle for the Google homepage as a way to celebrate the event. The first Google Doodle was a simple drawing of the Burning Man festival logo.
Since then, Google Doodle has evolved into a complex and intricate work of art. Google Doodles are now created by a team of professional artists and designers. They are often interactive, allowing users to play games or even make music. Google Doodle has become a beloved part of the Google brand and is enjoyed by millions of people around the world.
Today’s Google Doodle celebrates the 140th birthday of Romanian physicist Ştefania Mărăcineanu (1873-1951), who contributed to the field of theoretical physics and was the first Romanian woman to graduate from the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Bucharest. Mărăcineanu was also the first woman to graduate in physics in Romania, in 1901. She was born in Bucharest, on April 11, 1873. Her father, Constantin, was a member of Parliament, and her mother, Claudia, was the daughter of politician and playwright Ion Ghica. In 1891, she graduated from the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Bucharest, where she excelled in her classes. She later went to the Sorbonne, in Paris, to study physics, mathematics, and astronomy. In 1901, she graduated as the first female physicist in Romania. After graduating, she was hired as a physicist.
Ștefania Mărăcineanu was a Romanian physicist and chemist who was born in 1869. Google Doodle has honored her by placing her portrait on its homepage today, on her 140th birthday. Ștefania Mărăcineanu was born on 26th September 1869 in Galați, Romania. She graduated from the Bucharest University of Medicine and Pharmacy in 1894 and obtained a Ph.D. in chemistry in 1897. She was the first woman in Romania to be awarded a Ph.D. Ștefania Mărăcineanu was a teacher of chemistry, physics, and mathematics at the “Doamna Sturdza” Women’s Gymnasium in Bucharest, a position she held for almost 30 years. She was also a teacher at the University of Bucharest, the “Liceul Sfantul Sava”
Today, Google celebrates the 140th birthday of Ștefania Mărăcineanu, a Romanian physicist who is famous for her contributions to the field of electromagnetism. The Doodle – which includes a portrait of Mărăcineanu, as well as a schematic of one of her inventions – was created by Romanian artist Ana Maria Popescu. In an interview with Google, Popescu said: “I mainly used watercolor paints, but also some pencil and ink, as well as a stencil technique for the letters. I chose key elements from her life and scientific activity – the lab, the code for electromagnetic waves, a portrait, a sketch of her face, and her signature.”