Wonder women 25 innovators, inventors, and trailblazers who changed history
"Smart women have always been able to achieve amazing things, even when the odds were stacked against them. In Wonder Women, author Sam Maggs tells the stories of the brilliant, brainy, and totally rad women in history who broke barriers as scientists, engineers, mathematicians, adventurers, and inv...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia :
Quirk Books,
[2016]
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| Summary: | "Smart women have always been able to achieve amazing things, even when the odds were stacked against them. In Wonder Women, author Sam Maggs tells the stories of the brilliant, brainy, and totally rad women in history who broke barriers as scientists, engineers, mathematicians, adventurers, and inventors. Plus, interviews with real-life women in STEM careers, an extensive bibliography, and a guide to women-centric science and technology organizations--all to show the many ways the geeky girls of today can help to build the future,"--Amazon.com. |
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| Physical Description: | 238 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-233) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781594749254 1594749256 |
| Author Notes: | Sophia Foster-Dimino is an illustrator and cartoonist whose work has appeared in the New Yorker , the New York Times , and on Google's homepage, among others. She graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2010 with a BFA in illustration and likes comics, video games, biking, food, and zines. |
