Headstrong 52 women who changed science--and the world

"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 scient...

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Main Author: Swaby, Rachel (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Broadway Books, [2015]
Edition: First edition.
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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.
Physical Description: xiv, 273 pages ; 21 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9780553446791 (pbk.)
0553446797 (pbk.)
Author Notes: Rachel Swaby is a freelance journalist. Her work has appeared in Wired; O, The Oprah Magazine; NewYorker.com; Afar; and others. She is a senior editor at Longshot magazine, the editor in chief of The Connective: Issue 1, a former research editor at Wired, and a past presenter at Pop-Up magazine. She lives in Brooklyn. www.rachelswaby.com