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Cecile DeWitt-Morette

July 13, 2017 in Modern Worthies

Cecile DeWitt-Morette

The Academic Who Overcame it All

Cecile DeWitt-Morette was a pioneering mathematical physicist who worked with Albert Einstein, Irene Joliot-Curie, and Richard Feynman, and advocated for more women in the sciences.

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