Magnificent minds : sixteen pioneering women of science and medicine / Pendred Noyce.
| Author/creator | Noyce, Pendred author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Boston, Massachusetts : Tumblehome Learning, Inc., [2015] |
| Copyright Date | ©2015 |
| Description | 140 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Midwife to the queen, Louise Bourgeois Boursier -- Figuring the stars, Maria Cunitz -- Chemistry for women, Marie Meurdrac -- A physicist of Bologna, Laura Bassi -- A loom that weaves numbers, Augusta Ada Byron, Countess Lovelace -- Health care researcher and statistician, Florence Nightingale -- Through a different door, Mary Putnam Jacobi -- The exalted and mysterious science, Sophie Kovalevskaya -- Radioactivity and the first woman Nobelist, Marie Sklodowska Curie -- The physics of fission, Lise Meitner -- A founder of abstract algebra, Emmy Noether -- Jumping genes, Barbara McClintock -- Languages of the admiral, Grace Murray Hopper -- The mystery of crystals, Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin -- Beta decay, Chien-Shiung Wu -- Inventing medicines, Gertrude B. Elion -- Further Reading. |
| Abstract | "...Introduces the lives, sayings, and dreams of sixteen women over four centuries and chronicles their contributions to mathematics, physics, chemistry, astronomy, computer science, and medicine."--Amazon.com. |
| Local note | Little-472167--305131067350Y |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-140). |
| Audience | 1160 Lexile |
| ISBN | 9780989792479 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 0989792471 (hardcover) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | TRC Nonfiction | 509.22 N871M | ✔ Available | Place Hold |