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Also by Pendred Noyce:

Remarkable Minds, September 2015
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Magnificent Minds: Sixteen Pioneering Women in Science and Math, March 2015
Hardcover

Magnificent Minds: Sixteen Pioneering Women in Science and Math
Pendred Noyce

Tumblehome Learning, Inc.
March 2015
On Sale: March 1, 2015
180 pages
ISBN: 0989792471
EAN: 9780989792479
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction | Non-Fiction Biography

Full of the inspirational stories girls need for exploring a future in science

Did you know that Florence Nightingale pioneered the use of statistics in public health? That Marie Curie is still the only person to have won the Nobel Prize in both physics and chemistry—and the only winner whose daughter also won a Nobel Prize? That in the 17th century, the most accomplished scholar in mathematical astronomy was a Polish woman, Maria Cunitz? That the pysicist who first explained nuclear fission was a woman, Lise Meitner?That two of the pioneers of computer science were women, Ada Lovelace and Grace Hopper?

For centuries, women have risen above their traditional roles to pursue new understanding of the natural world. This book, which grows out of an exhibit at the Grolier Club in New York, introduces the lives, sayings, and dreams of sixteen women over four centuries and chronicles their contributions to mathematics, physics, chemistry, astronomy, computer science, and medicine. Sweeping and inspirational, this book should be read by all girls and young women who share curiosity about the world and the dream of making a difference.

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