ABOUT MARIA GOEPPERT MAYER
Theoretical physicist famous for proposing the nuclear shell model of the atomic nucleus. She was a Nobel laureate in physics.
She graduated from the University of Göttingen. In 1937, she began working an unpaid position at Columbia University .
She was the second woman to ever win the Nobel Prize in physics.
She was married to Joseph Edward Mayor, a chemist. They had two children.
She and Isaac Newton were both scientists that gained recognition for their important work in physics.
