'The Forgotten Women' series will uncover the lost histories of the 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.
'The Scientists' celebrates 48* unsung scientific heroines whose hugely important, yet broadly unacknowledged or incorrectly attributed, discoveries have transformed our understanding of the scientific world:
- Mary Anning, the amateur paleontologist whose fossil findings changed scientific thinking about prehistoric life
- Emmy Noether, dubbed "The Mighty Mathematician You've Never Heard Of"
- Ynés Mexía, the Mexican-American botanist who discovered over 500 new plant species
- Wangari Maathai, who started an environmental and ecological revolution in Kenya
- Margaret Sanger, the maverick nurse who paved the way for the legalization of contraception
Chapters including Earth & Universe; Biology & Natural Sciences; Medicine & Psychology; Physics & Chemistry; Mathematics and Technology & Inventions profile the female scientists who have defied the odds, and the opposition, to change the world around us.
Author: Zing Tsjeng
Publisher: Cassell
Hardcover: 224 pages
Book Dimensions: 16.2 x 2.3 x 22.2 cm
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