immortalise the life of seismologist and geophysicist Inge Lehmann , the May 13 animated Google Doodle of a hypnotically glowing inner heart and soul between one-half of a split world can be seen worldwide on the Google homepage .
Denmark - behave Lehmann notablydiscovered the being of an inner core in the Earth by analyzing the P - waves(primary waves ) – the first wafture of energy that pass along through Earth ’s many layers during and after earthquakes . After panoptic mathematical function of earthquakes around the world , she published her theory in 1936 , which rocked the world of seismology and permanently changed the way Earth was studied . Aged 104 , Lehmann die in 1993 .
“ Inge used subtraction and evidence to let out something invisible . Today ’s doodle shed light on her hefty but inconspicuous discovery,”commented Google on the moving art . “ DoodlerKevin Laughlinhelps us have the gift Inge illuminate for the earth by revealing it as a radiate eyeball . ”
outstandingly progressive for the former 1800s and former 1900s , Lehmannattended a mixed - gender school . Later excogitate a calling as a pioneering char of science , Lehmann was surprised and dispirit by the reign attitudes towards female scientists . In aninterview with science historian Stephen G Brush , Lehmann said of her education , “ No difference between the understanding of boys and girls was recognized , a fact that brought some disappointments later in life when I had to recognize that this was not the general attitude . ”
During her life , she get many honor and awards , including the Medal of theSeismological Society of America , and theWilliam Bowie Medal from the American Geophysical Union , the latter of which she was the first cleaning woman ever to encounter .
Lehmann ’s unusually forward-looking feeling on women in science and groundbreaking findings serve as inspiration for all women with scientific interests .
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