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ISBN 13 : 9780812499735
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Book Rating : 4.4/5 (997 download)
Download or read book The Triumph of Discovery: Women Scientists Who Won the Nobel Prize written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Joan Dash
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ISBN 13 : 9780671693329
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (933 download)
Download or read book The Triumph of Discovery written by Joan Dash and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the lives of Barbara McClintock, Maria Mayer, Rosalyn Yalow, and Rita Levi-Montalcini, women scientists who won the Nobel Prize against extraordinary odds, in different fields and under different circumstances.
Author : Sharon Bertsch McGrayne
Publisher : Birch Lane Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book Nobel Prize Women in Science written by Sharon Bertsch McGrayne and published by Birch Lane Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Only nine of the more than 300 Nobel prizes awarded in science since 1901 have been won by women, notes science writer Bertsch as she sets the context for the biographical essays that follow. Examining the careers and lives of 14 women scientists "who either won a Nobel Prize or played a crucial role in a Nobel winning project," she movingly depicts their battles against gender discrimination for recognition and respect and she describes the self-conflict about their roles. Subjects range from Marie Curie (1867-1934) to such contemporaries as Rosalyn Yalow, awarded a Nobel Prize in 1977 for her work as a medical physicist, and Jocelyn Bell Burnell, an astrophysicist credited, at the age of 24, with the 1968 discovery of pulsars, who made large personal sacrifices for her science.
Author : Magdolna Hargittai
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0199359989
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (993 download)
Download or read book Women Scientists written by Magdolna Hargittai and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2015 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compilation of sixty biographical sketches of influential female scientists, discussing topics like the state of the modern female scientist and the underrepresentation of women at the higher levels of academia.
Author : Julie Des Jardins
Publisher : The Feminist Press at CUNY
ISBN 13 : 1558616551
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (586 download)
Download or read book The Madame Curie Complex written by Julie Des Jardins and published by The Feminist Press at CUNY. This book was released on 2010-03-01 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The historian and author of Lillian Gilbreth examines the “Great Man” myth of science with profiles of women scientists from Marie Curie to Jane Goodall. Why is science still considered to be predominantly male profession? In The Madame Curie Complex, Julie Des Jardin dismantles the myth of the lone male genius, reframing the history of science with revelations about women’s substantial contributions to the field. She explores the lives of some of the most famous female scientists, including Jane Goodall, the eminent primatologist; Rosalind Franklin, the chemist whose work anticipated the discovery of DNA’s structure; Rosalyn Yalow, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist; and, of course, Marie Curie, the Nobel Prize-winning pioneer whose towering, mythical status has both empowered and stigmatized future generations of women considering a life in science. With lively anecdotes and vivid detail, The Madame Curie Complex reveals how women scientists have changed the course of science—and the role of the scientist—throughout the twentieth century. They often asked different questions, used different methods, and came up with different, groundbreaking explanations for phenomena in the natural world.
Author : Catherine Whitlock
Publisher : Diversion Publishing Corp.
ISBN 13 : 1635766095
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (357 download)
Download or read book 10 Women Who Changed Science and the World written by Catherine Whitlock and published by Diversion Publishing Corp.. This book was released on 2019-06-11 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spanning the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, this fascinating history explores the lives and achievements of great women in science across the globe. Ten Women Who Changed Science and the World tells the stories of trailblazing women who made a historic impact on physics, biology, chemistry, astronomy, and medicine. Included in this volume are famous figures, such as two-time Nobel Prize winner Marie Curie, as well as individuals whose names will be new to many, though their breakthroughs were no less remarkable. These women overcame significant obstacles, discrimination, and personal tragedies in their pursuit of scientific advancement. They persevered in their research, whether creating life-saving drugs or expanding our knowledge of the cosmos. By daring to ask ‘How?’ and ‘Why?’, each of these women made a positive impact on the world we live in today. In this book, you will learn about: Astronomy Henrietta Leavitt (United States, 1868–1921) discovered the period-luminosity relationship for Cepheid variable stars, which enabled us to measure the size of our galaxy and the universe. Physics Lise Meitner (Austria, 1878–1968) fled Nazi Germany in 1938, taking with her the experimental results which showed that she and Otto Hahn had split the nucleus and discovered nuclear fission. Chien-Shiung Wu (United States, 1912–1997) demonstrated that the widely accepted ‘law of parity’, which stated that left-spinning and right-spinning subatomic particles would behave identically, was wrong. Chemistry Marie Curie (France, 1867–1934) became the only person in history to have won Nobel prizes in two different fields of science. Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin (United Kingdom, 1910–1994) won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1964 and pioneered the X-ray study of large molecules of biochemical importance. Medicine Virginia Apgar (United States, 1909–1974) invented the Apgar score, used to quickly assess the health of newborn babies. Gertrude Elion (United States, 1918–1999) won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1988 for her advances in drug development. Biology Rita Levi-Montalcini (Italy, 1909–2012) won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1986 for her co-discovery in 1954 of Nerve Growth Factor (NGF). Elsie Widdowson (United Kingdom, 1906–2000) pioneered the science of nutrition and helped devise the World War II food-rationing program. Rachel Carson (United States, 1907–1964) forged the environmental movement, most famously with her influential book Silent Spring.
Author : Moira Davison Reynolds
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 9780786421619
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (216 download)
Download or read book American Women Scientists written by Moira Davison Reynolds and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2004-10-12 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For most of the 20th century, American women had little encouragement to become scientists. In 1906, there were only 75 female scientists employed by academic institutions in the entire country. Despite considerable barriers, determined women have, however, decidedly distinguished themselves. Three examples: Astronomer Annie Jump Cannon discovered five novas and over 300 other stars. Mathematician and computer scientist Grace Hopper helped invent the COBOL language. Anesthesiologist Virginia Apgar devised the now universally used Apgar score to make a rapid evaluation of a newborn's condition just after delivery. Of the 23 American women scientists covered, six were awarded Nobel prizes. Each biography is accompanied by a photograph. A bibliography and an index complete the work.
Author : M. -H. Chiu
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9460917194
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (69 download)
Download or read book Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of Madame Marie Sklodowska Curie’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry written by M. -H. Chiu and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a companion to the IYC-2011 celebration. The eleven chapters are organized into three sections: Section 1: Marie Curie’s Impact on Science and Society, Section 2: Women Chemists in the Past Two Centuries, and Section 3: Policy Implications. The authors invited to contribute to this book were asked to orient their chapter around a particular aspect of Marie Curie’s life such as the ethical aspects of her research, women’s role in research or her influence on the image of chemists. Our hope is that this book will positively influence young women’s minds and decisions they make in learning of chemistry/science like Marie Curie’s biography. But we do hope this book opens an avenue for young women to explore the possibility of being a scientist, or at least to appreciate chemistry as a human enterprise that has its merit in contributing to sustainability in our world. Also we hope that both men and women will realize that women are fully competent and capable of conducting creative and fascinating scientific research.
Author : Jacquelyn A. Greenblatt
Publisher : Good Year Books
ISBN 13 : 9780673577283
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (772 download)
Download or read book Women Scientists and Inventors written by Jacquelyn A. Greenblatt and published by Good Year Books. This book was released on 1998-09 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Educational resource for teachers, parents and kids!
Author : Rachel Swaby
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0553446800
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (534 download)
Download or read book Headstrong written by Rachel Swaby and published by Crown. This book was released on 2015-04-07 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifty-two inspiring and insightful profiles of history’s brightest female scientists. “Rachel Swaby’s no-nonsense and needed Headstrong dynamically profiles historically overlooked female visionaries in science, technology, engineering, and math.”—Elle 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 52 women at their best—while encouraging and inspiring a new generation of girls to put on their lab coats.
Author : Eve Curie
Publisher : Doubleday
ISBN 13 : 0307819124
Total Pages : 419 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (78 download)
Download or read book Madame Curie written by Eve Curie and published by Doubleday. This book was released on 2013-02-06 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marie Sklodowska Curie (1867–1934) was the first woman scientist to win worldwide acclaim and was, indeed, one of the great scientists of the twentieth century. Written by Curie’s daughter, the renowned international activist Eve Curie, this biography chronicles Curie’s legendary achievements in science, including her pioneering efforts in the study of radioactivity and her two Nobel Prizes in Physics and Chemistry. It also spotlights her remarkable life, from her childhood in Poland, to her storybook Parisian marriage to fellow scientist Pierre Curie, to her tragic death from the very radium that brought her fame.
Author : Maggie May Ethridge
Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1502623102
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (26 download)
Download or read book Marie Curie written by Maggie May Ethridge and published by Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2016-12-15 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History has seen many incredible men and women make their mark on the field of science. One woman who will forever be remembered for her groundbreaking work is Marie Curie. She was one of the first people to explore radioactivity, and her contributions led her to become the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. This book explores Curies life, accomplishments, and legacy.
Author : Tracey Kelly
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
ISBN 13 : 1538214377
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (382 download)
Download or read book Women Scientists in Chemistry written by Tracey Kelly and published by Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP. This book was released on 2017-12-15 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marie Curie is one of the most famous chemists in history for her groundbreaking discoveries in radioactivity, but many people don't know that her daughter, Irène Joliot-Curie, also pioneered the field of chemistry and received the Nobel Prize in 1935. This engaging book sheds light on incredible women chemists, the obstacles they overcame, and their groundbreaking accomplishments. Mini bio boxes of each featured scientist give readers fast facts, and quotes from the scientists and their contemporaries inspire readers to explore the wonders of STEM for themselves. A gallery spread introduces to even more famous women chemists, while a thorough timeline marks the progress of women in chemistry. A concluding "Science Now" spread gives readers a view of where the field of chemistry is at today. Charmingly illustrated and full of stunning photographs, this book will be an inspiring addition to any library or classroom.
Author : Magdolna Hargittai
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0197574750
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (975 download)
Download or read book Meeting the Challenge written by Magdolna Hargittai and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2023 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Astronomy was the earliest science in which women's participation has been recorded. Enheduanna, the Mezopotanian priestess around 2350 BCE monitored the stars and Hypathia in the fourth century is especially famous. Women astronomers such as Sophia Brahe, Maria Cunitz, Elisabetha Hevelius, Maria Margaretha Kirch, and Caroline Herschel often worked alongside family members, husbands or brothers. The next generations were more independent, of them, Mary Somerville, Maria Mitchell, Williamina Fleming, and Nancy Grace Roman are mentioned. Vera C. Rubin had revolutionary ideas about the black holes whose real significance is recognized today. Jocelyn Bell Burnell helped in the discovery of pulsars for which her professor received the Nobel Prize. France A. Cordova was elevated to various top administrative positions. Finally, the astronomer Andrea M. Ghez received a share of the physics Nobel Prize for her work on black holes"--
Author : Nandini Saraf
Publisher : Prabhat Prakashan
ISBN 13 : 8184304331
Total Pages : 12 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (843 download)
Download or read book Marie Curie written by Nandini Saraf and published by Prabhat Prakashan. This book was released on 2020-01-01 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Embark on a captivating journey through the life and legacy of one of history's most remarkable scientists with "Marie Curie" by Nandini Saraf, a compelling biography that celebrates the extraordinary achievements and enduring impact of the pioneering physicist and chemist. Join Nandini Saraf as she brings to life the inspiring story of Marie Curie, from her humble beginnings in Warsaw to her groundbreaking discoveries and Nobel Prize-winning contributions to science. Through meticulous research and engaging storytelling, Saraf offers readers a vivid portrait of a woman who defied societal expectations and revolutionized our understanding of the natural world. Delve into the world of scientific discovery as Saraf chronicles Curie's pioneering research on radioactivity, her tireless dedication to advancing knowledge, and her relentless pursuit of excellence in the face of adversity. From her groundbreaking experiments in the laboratory to her tireless advocacy for scientific education and research, readers witness the indomitable spirit of a visionary scientist whose work continues to inspire generations. Experience the personal struggles and triumphs of Marie Curie as Saraf explores the challenges she faced as a woman in a male-dominated field, from discrimination and skepticism to personal tragedy and loss. Through moments of triumph and setbacks, readers gain insight into Curie's resilience, determination, and unwavering commitment to her scientific pursuits. Consider the critical reception garnered by this captivating biography, hailed by readers and reviewers alike for its depth, clarity, and reverence for its subject. Saraf's thoughtful analysis and nuanced portrayal offer readers a deeper understanding of Curie's life, work, and enduring legacy. With its blend of science, history, and biography, "Marie Curie" is a must-read for anyone interested in the life and contributions of one of the greatest scientists of the 20th century. Whether you're a fan of scientific discovery, women's history, or simply curious about the life of an extraordinary individual, this biography offers a compelling and insightful journey into the world of Marie Curie. Don't miss your chance to discover the remarkable life of Marie Curie with "Marie Curie" by Nandini Saraf. Order your copy today and be inspired by the courage, curiosity, and brilliance of one of history's most iconic scientists.
Author : Elizabeth H. Oakes
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1438118821
Total Pages : 869 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (381 download)
Download or read book Encyclopedia of World Scientists written by Elizabeth H. Oakes and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 869 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains short biographies of almost 1,000 scientists from around the world who made great contributions to science throughout history.
Author : Chemical Heritage Foundation
Publisher : Chemical Heritage Foundation
ISBN 13 : 9780941901185
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (11 download)
Download or read book Introducing the Chemical Sciences written by Chemical Heritage Foundation and published by Chemical Heritage Foundation. This book was released on 1997 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introductory guide that is designed particularly for teachers and their students, but is useful in many other contexts. This new edition lists reference works; histories of science and technology; histories of the chemical sciences and industries including company histories; autobiographies and biographies; edited classical texts; and journals.
