Bibliograph

Forgotten women, the scientists, Zing Tsjeng

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Label

Forgotten women, the scientists, Zing Tsjeng

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-212) and index

resource.biographical

collective biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Forgotten women

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1027967981

Responsibility statement

Zing Tsjeng

Series statement

Forgotten Women

Sub title

the scientists

Summary

Forgotten Women is a new series of books that uncover the lost herstories of influential women who have refused over hundreds of years to accept the hand they've been dealt and, as a result, have formed, shaped and changed the course of our futures. From leaders and scientists to artists and writers, the fascinating stories of these women that time forgot are now celebrated, putting their achievements firmly back on the map. The Scientists celebrates 48 (the number of Nobel-prize-winning women) unsung scientific heroines whose hugely important, yet broadly unacknowledged or incorrectly attributed, discoveries have transformed our understanding of the scientific world. From Mary Anning, the amateur paleontologist whose fossil findings changed scientific thinking about prehistoric life and the Earth's history to Emmy Noether dubbed "The Mighty Mathematician You've Never Heard Of" and whose theorem is still critical to modern physics - these are the stories of some truly remarkable women. Chapters including Earth and Universe; Biology and Natural Sciences; Medicine and Psychology; Physics and Chemistry; Mathematics and Technology and Inventions profile the female scientists who have defied the odds, and the opposition, to change the world around us

Target audience

adult

resource.variantTitle

Scientists

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Creator