| Description |
224 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm. |
| Series |
Forgotten women |
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Tsjeng, Zing.
Forgotten women.
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| Summary |
Short biographies of women scientists, both the well known, and the largely forgotten. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-212) and index. |
| Contents |
The Earth & Universe. The Harvard computers -- Inge Lehmann -- Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin -- Wang Zhenyi -- Annie Scott Dill Maunder -- Ruby Payne-Scott -- Biology & Natural sciences. Mary Anning -- Maria Sibylla Merian -- Dian Fossey -- Bertha Lutz -- Jane Colden -- Esther Lederberg -- Ynés Mexía -- Wangari Maathai -- Medicine & Psychology. Aspasia -- Fe del Mundo -- Irene Joliot-Curie -- Jane Cooke Wright -- Ruby Hirose -- Kamala Sohonie -- Margaret Sanger -- Gertrude B. Elion -- Helen Rodriguez-Trias -- Elisabeth Kübler-Ross -- Leta Hollingworth -- Elements & Genetics. Nettie Stevens -- Ida Noddack -- Rosalind Franklin -- Rita Levi-Montalcini -- Physics & Chemistry. Chien-Shiung Wu -- Lise Meitner -- Leona Woods Marshall Libby -- Tapputi -- Laura Bassi -- Dorothy Hodgkin -- Mathematics. Hypatia of Alexandria -- Emilie du Chatelet -- The Bletchleyettes -- Emmy Noether -- Sofia Kovalevskaya -- Sophie Germain -- Technology & Inventions. Maria the Jewess -- Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner -- Hertha Ayrton -- Admiral Grace Hopper -- The West computers -- Rose Dieng-Kuntz -- Ada Lovelace. |
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The Earth & Universe. The Harvard computers -- Inge Lehmann -- Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin -- Wang Zhenyi -- Annie Scott Dill Maunder -- Ruby Payne-Scott -- Biology & Natural sciences. Mary Anning -- Maria Sibylla Merian -- Dian Fossey -- Bertha Lutz -- Jane Colden -- Esther Lederberg -- Yn Mex -- Wangari Maathai -- Medicine & Psychology. Aspasia -- Fe del Mundo -- Irene Joliot-Curie -- Jane Cooke Wright -- Ruby Hirose -- Kamala Sohonie -- Margaret Sanger -- Gertrude B. Elion -- Helen Rodriguez-Trias -- Elisabeth K赢ler-Ross -- Leta Hollingworth -- Elements & Genetics. Nettie Stevens -- Ida Noddack -- Rosalind Franklin -- Rita Levi-Montalcini -- Physics & Chemistry. Chien-Shiung Wu -- Lise Meitner -- Leona Woods Marshall Libby -- Tapputi -- Laura Bassi -- Dorothy Hodgkin -- Mathematics. Hypatia of Alexandria -- Emilie du Chatelet -- The Bletchleyettes -- Emmy Noether -- Sofia Kovalevskaya -- Sophie Germain -- Technology & Inventions. Maria the Jewess -- Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner -- Hertha Ayrton -- Admiral Grace Hopper -- The West computers -- Rose Dieng-Kuntz -- Ada Lovelace. |
| Subject |
Women scientists -- Biography.
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Women -- Biography.
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Women. (OCoLC)fst01176568
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Women scientists. (OCoLC)fst01178507
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Women scientists.
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Women.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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Biographies.
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| Added Title |
Scientists |
| ISBN |
9781788400428 (hardcover) |
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1788400429 (hardcover) |
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9781844039838 |
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1844039838 |
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