Renaissance Women in Science Co-Published with Women's Freedom Network

Name: Renaissance Women in Science Co-Published with Women's Freedom Network
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ISBN: 9780761814818

ISBN-10: 0761814817

ISBN-13: 9780761814818

Edition: 2000

Authors: Louise Q. Van Der Does, Rita J. Simon

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Renaissance Women in Science contains the fascinating stories of seventeen scientists who unlocked secrets of the universe and whose discoveries helped change the future of the world. Pursuing careers ranging from astronomy and atomic research to chemistry and medicine, a number of these women went on to win Nobel prizes for their work. All were dedicated to learning and discovery and many contributed to a humanitarian legacy in the form of improved worker rights, environmental protection, and better health care for others. The book reveals the motivations of these extraordinary women and explores the circumstances that allowed them to break through the barriers of their time, race, and…

Book details

List price: $71.99
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: University Press of America, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/15/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 200
Size: 5.86" wide x 9.06" long x 0.61" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English

Rita J. Simon is university professor in the School of Public Affairs at the Washington College of Law at American University.



Introduction



Maria Mitchell (1818-1889)



Ellen Henrietta Swallow Richards (1842-1911)



Marie Sklodowska Curie (1867-1934)



Alice Hamilton (1869-1969)



Florence Rena Sabin (1871-1953)



Lillian Moller Gilbreth (1878-1972)



Lise Meitner (1878-1968)



Emmy Noether (1882-1935)



Leta Stetter Hollingworth (1886-1939)



Gerty Theresa Radnitz Cori (1896-1957)



Florence Seibert (1897-1991)



Barbara McClintock (1902-1992)



Maria Goeppert-Mayer (1906-1972)



Rita Levi-Montalcini (1909-1995)



Rosalind Franklin (1920-1958)



Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin (1920-1994)


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