This cultural research project focuses on the achievements, contributions, and lifestyle of Dr. Maria Goeppert-Mayer.
Maria Goeppert spent the majority of her early life in the Prussian region that is now Germany. She was born in the early 1900’s, but emigrated to the United States prior to the havoc from world war II.
Recipient of the 1963 Nobel Prize in Physics
She dedicated her life to her research and solving unsolved mathematical equations in both chemistry and physics. Maria joined several research teams throughout her life and helped develop several theories on radioactive decay and quantum mechanics. These developments provided fundamental tools that led to the creation of the nuclear reactor and laser technology.
