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Tia Ghose

Science history: Sophie Germain, first woman to win France's prestigious 'Grand Mathematics Prize' is snubbed when tickets to award ceremony are 'lost in the mail' — Jan. 9, 1816

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Milestone: Prize for theory of elastic waves awarded

Date: Jan. 9, 1816 (some sources say Jan. 8)

Where: Paris

Who: Sophie Germain

In January 1816, the secretary general of the Paris Academy of Sciences sent Marie-Sophie Germain a strange letter.

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