Google respects Katsuko Saruhashi, a Japanese scientist who does pioneering work in his field and then inspires more like himself to do the same.
The list of Saruhashi's achievements is extensive and extensive, among them the work he does to test how nuclear fallout moves at sea, and use it to show that nuclear explosive tests at sea should be limited.
Saruhashi's achievements are not only scientific, the list of works that others do as inspiration even more. She also worked very hard to ensure that other women had the opportunity to break through, explaining that this was her mission, getting women to work in equality.
"There are many women who have the ability to be great scientists," he said. "I want to see a day when women can contribute to science and technology on the same footing as men."
His work in that field has been recognized, among many other things. When he retired in 1980 his colleagues gave him five million yen, and he used the money to form associations for future female scientists. Since then, every year he rewards Japanese women scientists.
Before he did the work he would remember, Saruhashi had broken through the barrier. She was the first woman to get a doctorate in chemistry from the University of Tokyo in 1957, and she will continue her achievement by becoming the first woman to receive a prestigious geochemical award.
But the work that determines his scientific life began after the United States began testing nuclear weapons in Bikini Atoll. In response, the Japanese government wanted to know whether the explosion affected the water in the sea and rainfall, and commissioned the Geochemistry Laboratory, where he worked, to analyze it.
He made use of an accurate understanding of water measurements, but turned them to explore the way nuclear fallout spread through water. He found that pollution takes a long time to pass through the oceans, but will eventually spread and mix with water, moving across the world.
Those are the findings of him and others that helped contribute to stop testing of nuclear warheads in the oceans. And those are some of the first works that explore the way nuclear fallout spreads all over the world, a field that would be terrible in an accident like in Chernobyl or Fukushima.
Who would have thought he was a child in elementary school, standing behind a window, watching the rain fall, wondering what made the rain fall. His journey to get answers led him to become a great female scientist.
Google recognizes all those achievements in its Doodle, which is featured worldwide. "Today on his 98th birthday, we pay homage to Dr Katsuko Saruhashi for his outstanding contribution to science, and to inspire young scientists everywhere to succeed,