Mary Anning -- Maria Mitchell -- Elizabeth Blackwell, MD -- Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, MD -- Marie Curie, PhD -- Ynés Mexía -- Gertrude Caton Thompson -- Janaki Ammal, PhD -- Katharine Burr Blodgett PhD -- Barbara McClintock, PhD -- Grace Hopper, PhD -- Rachel Carson -- Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin, PhD -- Chien-Shiung Wu, PhD, SCD -- Hedy Lamarr -- Gertrude B. Elion, PhD SCD -- Katherine Johnson -- Jane Cooke Wright, MD -- Marie M. Daly, PhD -- Mary Jackson -- Stephanie Kwolek -- Vera Rubin, PhD -- Tu Youyou -- Jane Goodall -- Sylvia Earle, PhD -- Sau Lan Wu, PhD -- Alexa Canady, MD -- Sally Ride, PhD -- Mae Jemison, MD -- Jennifer Doudna, PhD.
Summary:
"Women scientists are not new, but they haven't always gotten credit for being so stellar. In Jennifer Calvert and Octavia Jackson's Science Superstars, you'll be introduced to 30 remarkable women whose passion and dedication to all things science led to groundbreaking discoveries, vital medicine, essential technology, and cutting-edge inventions that changed the world. Discover the triumphs, curiosity, and hard work of female trailblazers whose love of science spurred revolutionary advances"-- back cover.
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