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52 Women Who Changed Science-and the World
Crown
April 2015
On Sale: April 7, 2015
288 pages
ISBN: 0553446797
EAN: 9780553446791
Kindle: B00N6PD7W4
Hardcover / e-Book
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Non-Fiction Biography
Fifty-two inspiring and insightful profiles of history’s
brightest female scientists. 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
had devoted several hundred words to her life: Brill was
a brilliant rocket scientist who invented a propulsion
system to keep communications satellites in orbit, and had
recently been awarded the National Medal of Technology and
Innovation. Among the questions the obituary—and consequent
outcry—prompted were, Who are the role models for today’s
female scientists, and where can we find the stories that
cast them in their true light? Headstrong delivers a powerful, global, and engaging
response. Covering Nobel Prize winners and major innovators,
as well as lesser-known but hugely significant scientists
who influence our every day, Rachel Swaby’s vibrant profiles
span centuries of courageous thinkers and illustrate how
each one’s ideas developed, from their first moment of
scientific engagement through the research and discovery for
which they’re best known. This fascinating tour reveals
these 52 women at their best—while encouraging and inspiring
a new generation of girls to put on their lab coats.
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