Headstrong 52 Women Who Changed Science-and the World

Rachel Swaby, Lauren Fortgang

eAudio - 2015

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.”—ElleIn 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...

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Language
English
Main Authors
Rachel Swaby, Lauren Fortgang
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Overdrive Resource Page
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MP3 audiobook, OverDrive Listen audiobook
MP3 audiobook
File Size202 GB
Parts6
ISBN9781101890578
Release Date4/7/2015
OverDrive Listen audiobook
File Size202 GB
ISBN9781101890578
Release Date4/7/2015