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4) Marie Curie
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
31 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
a simple biography of the woman scientist.
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
57 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Profiles six women scientists who persevered in the face of prejudice, including ichthyologist Eugenie Clark and mathematician Katherine Coleman Johnson.
Author
Series
Publisher
Feminist Press at City University of New York
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
312 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
The Madame Curie Complex gives fresh insight into the barriers and successes for women in science, and sheds light on the way our cultural ideas of gender have shaped the profession.
Author
Publisher
Chelsea House Publishers
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
64 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the lives and accomplishments of notable women working in the fields of medicine and science in general, including Marie Curie, Rachel Carson, and Margaret Mead.
Author
Series
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Introduces readers to women scientists who didn't listen to those who told them "no" and who used their smarts, skills and persistence to discover, invent, create, and explain.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
75 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
"What if tornadoes could be stopped or slowed down? In this addition to the critically-acclaimed Scientist in the Field series, scientist Robin Tanamachi and her team are trying to come up with a way to predict tornadoes with even greater accuracy, and save countless lives across America's heartland."--
11) Visionary women: how Rachel Carson, Jane Jacobs, Jane Goodall, and Alice Waters changed our world
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
This is the story of four visionaries who profoundly shaped the world we live in today. Together, these women showed what one person speaking truth to power can do. With a keen eye for historical detail, Andrea Barnet traces the arc of each woman's career and explores how their work collectively changed the course of history. Consummate outsiders, each prevailed against powerful and mostly male adversaries while also anticipating the disaffections...
12) Stolen science: thirteen untold stories of scientists and inventors almost written out of history
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
122 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Over the centuries, women, people from underrepresented communities, and immigrants overcame prejudices and social obstacles to make remarkable discoveries in science-but they weren't the ones to receive credit in history books. People with more power, money, and prestige were remembered as the inventor of the telephone, the scientists who decoded the structure of DNA, and the doctor who discovered the cause of yellow fever. This book aims to set...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
89 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Featuring the true stories of women creators and thinkers from around the world, throughout history, this book shows that sometimes seeing things a little differently can lead to big changes. Some names are well known, some are not, but all the women had a lasting effect on the fields they worked in. Whether they were breaking ground for innovative structures or breaking rules and creating new ones, the women profiled here not only made a place for...
Author
Series
Publisher
Cassell Illustrated
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
224 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Forgotten Women is a series uncovering the lost herstories of influential women who have shaped the course of our futures. From leaders and scientists to artists and writers, the fascinating stories of these women that time forgot are now celebrated, putting their achievements firmly back on the map. The Scientists celebrates 48 unsung scientific heroines whose hugely important, yet broadly unacknowledged or incorrectly attributed, discoveries have...
Author
Publisher
Frances Lincoln
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
271 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
From the ancient world to the present women have been critical to the progress of science, yet their importance is overlooked, their stories lost, distorted, or actively suppressed. Forces of Nature sets the record straight and charts the fascinating history of women's discoveries in science. In the ancient and medieval world, women served as royal physicians and nurses, taught mathematics, studied the stars, and practiced midwifery. As natural philosophers,...
Author
Publisher
Broadway Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiv, 273 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Covering Nobel Prize winners and major innovators, as well as lesser-known but hugely significant scientists who influence our every day, Rachel Swaby's ... 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"--Page 4 of cover.
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