Cultural Research Update: Maria Goeppert-Mayer

Cultural Research:

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, which enabled her to experience both the social persecutions and unique opportunities caused by both of the world wars.

Instead of running from the many hard hardships that were present at the time, Maria Goeppert was able to develop several theories on radioactive decay and quantum mechanics.  These developments provided fundamental tools that led to the creation of the nuclear reactors and even the nuclear bomb for the Manhattan Project