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Vera Varsanofieva
Vera Aleksandrovna Varsanofieva (22 July 1890, Moscow — 29 June 1976) was a Soviet geologist, Geomorphology, geomorphologist, a member-correspondent of the USSR Academy of Pedagogical Sciences, and an honored scientist of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, RSFSR. She was the first woman to be awarded the degree of Doctor of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences.TSB Biography Born in Moscow to a military family, she received her initial education at home under the guidance of her mother, the French, Yulia Lvovna, who taught her foreign languages and aroused her interest in scientific pursuits. Varsanofieva spent most of her childhood in Ryazan, according to the duty station of her father. At the age of 13, she entered the Mariinsky Women's Gymnasium in Ryazan. In 1906, she graduated with a gold medal. At 14 years old, Varsanofieva told her parents that she would be a geologist. In the gymnasium, the sister of the future professor-geologist A. D. Arkhangelsky bec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geology
Geology () is a branch of natural science concerned with Earth and other astronomical objects, the features or rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which they change over time. Modern geology significantly overlaps all other Earth sciences, including hydrology, and so is treated as one major aspect of integrated Earth system science and planetary science. Geology describes the structure of the Earth on and beneath its surface, and the processes that have shaped that structure. It also provides tools to determine the relative and absolute ages of rocks found in a given location, and also to describe the histories of those rocks. By combining these tools, geologists are able to chronicle the geological history of the Earth as a whole, and also to demonstrate the age of the Earth. Geology provides the primary evidence for plate tectonics, the evolutionary history of life, and the Earth's past climates. Geologists broadly study the properties and processes of E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
