Further Information. Paving the Way -- Jane of the Jungle: Jane Goodall reflects on the chimp mind / Catherine Caruso -- Sally Ride's enduring legacy / Kenneth Silber -- In celebration of Ada Lovelace, the first computer programmer / Sarah Lewin Frasier -- The film radioactive shows how Marie Curie was a "woman of the future" / Cristine Russell -- Honoring a pioneering woman in physics / Scott Bembenek -- What Florence Nightingale can teach us about architecture and health / Steven Lockley -- The little-known origin story behind the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics / Michelle Frank -- Unsung Heroes -- The women's health pioneer you've probably never heard of / Kimberly Nagy -- Betty Shannon, unsung mathematical genius / Jimmy Soni and Rob Goodman -- An unsung female pioneer of computer simulation / Virginia Grant -- Beatrice Finkelstein, the woman who fed the astronauts / William Gurstelle -- Three revolutionary women of mathematics / Avery Carr -- Pulsar discoverer Jocelyn Bell Burnell wins $3-million breakthrough prize / Lee Billings -- One more pioneering woman in science you've probably never heard of / Ellen Elliot -- Facing Obstacles -- The dark side of being a female shark researcher / Catherine Macdonald -- Racism and sexism in science haven't disappeared / Naomi Oreskes -- The good news about women and STEM / Puja Jain-Link and Julia Taylor Kennedy -- Women in science may suffer lasting career damage from COVID-19 / Jillian Kramer -- Gender discrimination in science is especially common / Cary Funk -- Men think they are strong workplace allies. Women disagree / Meg A. Warren -- Women in innovation: gaining ground, but still far behind / Bob Stembridge -- How Christiana Figueres saved the planet / Jen Schwartz -- Once shunned in Antarctica, female scientists are now doing crucial polar research / Naomi Oreskes -- The perks of being a female scientist / Laura di Bella and Richard J. Crisp -- Blazing a New Trail -- Women are creating a new culture for astronomy / Ann Finkbeiner -- To better understand women's health, we need to destigmatize menstrual blood / Christine N. Metz -- Nobelist talks CRISPR uses / Steve Mirsky -- Meet the woman who makes the James Webb Telescope work / Lee Billings -- Are the Nobels finally rewarding more female scientists' achievements? / Karen Weintraub -- Teen wins big for a homemade polymer / Catherine Caruso -- Glossary -- Further Information.
Summary:
"The number of women in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) industry has grown considerably in recent decades, but for many years there were far fewer opportunities for women in the field, and the accomplishments of women in science were often underappreciated or even ignored. This volume looks at the many contributions women have made in various scientific fields both in the past and the present. These women have changed the course of various scientific fields-astronomy, mathematics, chemistry, medicine, and everything in between. Through the articles presented in this title, readers will gain a better understanding of the essential role women have played in science throughout history"-- Provided by publisher.
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