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Headstrong : 52 women who changed science--and the world
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- ISBN: 1101890576
- ISBN: 9781101890578
- ISBN: 0553446800 (ebk.)
- ISBN: 9780553446807 (ebk.)
- ISBN: 0553446797 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 9780553446791 (pbk.)
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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. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Women scientists Biography Women astronomers Biography Women physicians Biography Women biologists Biography Women physicists Biography Women mathematicians Biography |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Kirtland Community College Library | Q 130 .S93 2015 | 30775305487895 | General Collection | Available | - |
Headstrong : 52 Women Who Changed Science-And the World
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Table of Contents
Headstrong : 52 Women Who Changed Science-And the World
| Section | Section Description | Page Number |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction | p. xi | |
| Medicine | ||
| Mary Putnam Jacobi (1842-1906) | p. 3 | |
| Anna Wessels Williams (1863-1954) | p. 7 | |
| Alice Ball (1892-1916) | p. 11 | |
| Gerry Radnitz Cori (1896-1957) | p. 14 | |
| Helen Taussig (1898-1986) | p. 19 | |
| Elsie Widdowson (1906-2000) | p. 23 | |
| Virginia Apgar (1909-1974) | p. 27 | |
| Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin (1910-1994) | p. 32 | |
| Gertrude Belle Elion (1918-1999) | p. 36 | |
| Jane Wright (1919-2013) | p. 41 | |
| Biology and the Environment | ||
| Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717) | p. 47 | |
| Jeanne Villepreux-Power (1794-1871) | p. 51 | |
| Mary Anning (1799-1847) | p. 54 | |
| Ellen Swallow Richards. (1842-1911) | p. 57 | |
| Alice Hamilton (1869-1970) | p. 61 | |
| Alice Evans (1881-1975) | p. 67 | |
| Tilly Edinger (1897-1967) | p. 70 | |
| Rachel Carson (1907-1964) | p. 75 | |
| Ruth Patrick (1907-2013) | p. 80 | |
| Genetics and Development | ||
| Nettie Stevens (1861-1912) | p. 85 | |
| Hilde Mangold (1898-1924) | p. 88 | |
| Charlotte Auerbach (1899-1994) | p. 91 | |
| Barbara McClintock (1902-1992) | p. 95 | |
| Salome Gluecksohn Waeisch (1907-2007) | p. 100 | |
| Rita Levi-Montalcini (1909-2012) | p. 104 | |
| Rosalind Franklin (1920-1958) | p. 108 | |
| Anne McLaren (1927-2007) | p. 113 | |
| Lynn Margulis (1938-2011) | p. 116 | |
| Physics | ||
| Ãmilie du Châtelet (1706-1749) | p. 121 | |
| Lise Meitner (1878-1968) | p. 125 | |
| Irene Joliot-Curie (1897-1956) | p. 130 | |
| Maria Goeppert Mayer (1906-1972) | p. 135 | |
| Marguerite Perey (1909-1975) | p. 139 | |
| Chien-Shiung Wu (1912-1997) | p. 143 | |
| Rosalyn Sussman Yalow (1921-2011) | p. 147 | |
| Earth and Stars | ||
| Maria Mitchell (1818-1889) | p. 155 | |
| Annie Jump Cannon (1863-1941) | p. 158 | |
| Inge Lehmann (1888-1993) | p. 161 | |
| Marie Tharp (1920-2006) | p. 165 | |
| Yvonne Brill (1924-2013) | p. 169 | |
| Sally Ride (1951-2012) | p. 173 | |
| Math and Technology | ||
| Maria Gaetana Agnesi (1718-1799) | p. 179 | |
| Ada Lovelace (1815-1852) | p. 182 | |
| Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) | p. 186 | |
| Sophie Kowalevski (1850-1891) | p. 189 | |
| Emmy Noether (1882-1935) | p. 194 | |
| Mary Cartwright (1900-1998) | p. 199 | |
| Grace Murray Hopper (1906-1992) | p. 203 | |
| Invention | ||
| Hertha Ayrton (1854-1923) | p. 209 | |
| Hedy Lamarr (1914-2000) | p. 213 | |
| Ruth Benerito (1916-2013) | p. 219 | |
| Stephanie Kwolek (1923-2014) | p. 222 | |
| Acknowledgments | p. 225 | |
| Notes | p. 227 | |
| Bibliography | p. 245 | |
| Index | p. 265 |
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