Headstrong : 52 women who changed science--and the world

Summary: "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.

Record details

ISBN: 1101890576
ISBN: 9781101890578
ISBN: 0553446800 (ebk.)
ISBN: 9780553446807 (ebk.)
ISBN: 0553446797 (pbk.)
ISBN: 9780553446791 (pbk.)
Physical Description: xiv, 273 pages ; 21 cm
print
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Broadway Books, [2015]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-263) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Medicine -- Biology and the environment -- Genetics and development -- Physics -- Earth and stars -- Math and technology -- Invention.