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Headstrong: 52 Women Who Changed Science-And the World

Headstrong: 52 Women Who Changed Science-And the World

Swaby, Rachel

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Publisher Price: $17.00

ISBN10: 0553446797
ISBN13: 9780553446791
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Published: Apr 7 2015
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.55
Height: 0.90 Width: 5.20 Depth: 8.00
Language: English

Fifty-two inspiring and insightful profiles of history's brightest female scientists.

Rachel Swaby's no-nonsense and needed Headstrong dynamically profiles historically overlooked female visionaries in science, technology, engineering, and math.--Elle

In 2013, the New York Times published an obituary for Yvonne Brill. It began: She made a mean beef stroganoff, followed her husband from job to job, and took eight years off from work to raise three children. It wasn't until the second paragraph that readers discovered why the Times had devoted several hundred words to her life: Brill was a brilliant rocket scientist who invented a propulsion system to keep communications satellites in orbit, and had recently been awarded the National Medal of Technology and Innovation. Among the questions the obituary--and consequent outcry--prompted were, Who are the role models for today's female scientists, and where can we find the stories that cast them in their true light?

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