Headstrong : 52 women who changed science-- and the world /

Headstrong : 52 women who changed science-- and the world / Rachel Swaby.

In 2013, the New York Times published an obituary for Yvonne Brill. It began: "She made a mean beef stroganoff, followed her husband from job to job, and took eight years off from work to raise three children." It wasn't until the second paragraph that readers discovered why the Times...

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Online Access: Additional Information at Google Books
Main Author: Swaby, Rachel (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Broadway Books, [2015]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Women scientists > Biography.
Women astronomers > Biography.
Women physicians > Biography.
Women biologists > Biography.
Women physicists > Biography.
Women mathematicians > Biography.
Women astronomers.
Women biologists.
Women mathematicians.
Women physicians.
Women physicists.
Women scientists.
Naturwissenschaftlerin.
Kvinnliga forskare.
Biographies.
Biography.
Table of Contents:
  • Medicine
  • Biology and the environment
  • Genetics and development
  • Physics
  • Earth and stars
  • Math and technology
  • Invention.

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