Women in science : 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World
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TextLanguage: ing Original language: Ingles Series: Women in ScienceNueva York, Penguin 2016Edition: Primera ediciónDescription: 128 páginas, Ilustraciones a colorContent type: - Texto
- Sin Mediación
- Volúmen
- 9781607749769
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| Libros | Biblioteca Susana G. De Batemarco Inglés - Rojo | 929=111 IGN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 030474 |
Contents:
INTRODUCTION ...6
HYPATIA (350-370 CE- 415 CE [?]) ...9
MARIA SIBYLLA MERIAN (1647-1717) ...11
WANG ZHENYI (1768-1797) ...13
MARY ANNING (1799-1847) ...15
ADA LOVELACE (1815-1852) ...17
ELIZABETH BLACKWELL (1821-1910) ...19
HERTHA AYRTON (1854-1923) ...21
KAREN HORNEY (1885-1952) ...23
NETTIE STEVENS (1861-1912) ...25
FLORENCE BASCOM (1862-1945) ...27
MARIE CURIE (1867-1934) ...29
MARY AGNES CHASE (1869-1963) ...51
TIMELINE ...32
Lise Meitner (1878-1948) ...35
Lillian Gilbreth (1878-1972) ...37
Emmy Anderther (1882-1935) ...39
Edith Clarke (1883-1959) ...41
Marjory Stoneman Douglas (1890-1998) ...43
Alice Ball (1892-1916) ...45
Gerty Cori (1896-1957) ...47
Joan Beauchamp Procter (1897-1931) ...49
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (1960-1979) ...51
Barbara McClintock (1902-1992) ...53
Maria Deppert-Mayer (1906-1972) ...55
Grace Hopper (1996-1992) ...57
RACHEL CARSON (1957-1964) ...59
LAB TOOLS ...60
RITA LEVI-MOITALE (1909-2012) ...63
DOROTHY HODGKIN (1910-1994) ...65
CHIEN-SHIUNG WU (1912-1997) ...67
HEDY LAMARR (1914-1999) ...69
MAMIE PHIPPS CLARK (1917-1983) ...71
GERTRUDE ELION (1918-1999) ...73
KATHERINE JOHNSON (1918- ) ...75
JANE COOKE WRIGHT (1919-2013) ...77
ROSALIND FRANKLIN (1920-1958) ...79
ROSALYN YALOW (1921-2011) ...81
ESTHER LEDERBERG (1922-2006) ...83
STATISTICS IN STEM ...84
VERA RUBIN (1928-2016) ...87
ANNIE EASLEY (1933-2011) ...89
JANE GOODALL (1934- ) ... 91
SYLVIA EARLE (1935- ) ...93
VALENTINA TERESHKOVA (1957-) ...95
PATRICIA BATH (1942-) 97
CHRISTIANE NÜSSLEIN-VOLHARD (1942-) ...99
JOCELYN BELL BURNELL (1943-) ...101
SAU LAN WU (194?-) ...103
ELIZABETH BLACKBURN (1948-) ...105
KATIA KRAFFT (1942-1991) ...107
MAE JEMISON (1956-) ...109
MAY-BRITT MOSER (1963-) ...111
MARYAM MIRZAKHANI (1977-2017) ...113
MORE WOMEN IN SCIENCE ...114
CONCLUSION ...117
GLOSSARY ...118
SOURCES ...122
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ...124
ABOUT THE AUTHOR ...125
INDEX ...126
It’s a scientific fact: Women rock! This fascinating, educational collection features 50 illustrated portraits of trailblazing women in STEM throughout history. Full of striking, singular art, Women in Science also contains infographics about relevant topics such as lab equipment, rates of women currently working in STEM fields, and an illustrated scientific glossary. The trailblazing women profiled include such pioneers as primatologist Jane Goodall and mathematician Katherine Johnson, who calculated the trajectory of the 1969 Apollo 11 mission to the moon.
Women in Science celebrates the achievements of the intrepid women who have paved the way for the next generation of female engineers, biologists, mathematicians, doctors, astronauts, physicists, and more!
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