Women in science : 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World
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- Women in Science .
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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!