This piece brings history and technology together to celebrate the great pioneers of our time.

We have a tradition of commemorating the great figures of history with busts and statues. Usually, these busts are of military and political leaders, and rarely explorers, discoverers, and scientists. And when we think of the great figures of science, most people envision men.

Of the over 5,000 public statues displaying notable or historic figures in the United States, only 7.5% depict women. This is a disappointing message and does not reflect the many contributions women have made to our society and our understanding of the Universe.

In the Company of Great Scientists challenges these antiquated notions by filling an immersive space with busts of female pioneers in STEM — Nobel Prize winners, astronauts, doctors, and inventors.

In a callback to the starkness of Greek and Roman marble statues, these busts are pure white. But few know that those historic statues were once brightly painted, and only look white because the paint has been lost.

In order to recognize that legacy, the Great Scientists busts sit in a room filled with colorful lines giving the feeling of connectedness, progress, and motion.