In the mid-nineteenth century, the Harvard College Observatory began employing women as calculators, or “human computers,” to interpret the observations their male counter...
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Наука - женское дело! Женщины-ученые и женщины, оказавшие влияние на развитие науки
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CastleAtingleНаука - женское дело! Женщины-ученые и женщины, оказавшие влияние на развитие науки
As a young girl, Eugenie Clark became fascinated with fish and sharks. With perseverance and personal bravery she became the world’s first and foremost expert in the fiel...
Fanfic, cosplay, cons, books, memes, podcasts, vlogs, OTPs and RPGs and MMOs and more—it’s never been a better time to be a girl geek. The Fangirl’s Guide to the Galaxy is...
Women Physicians and the Cultures of Medicine
Ellen S. More (Editor), Elizabeth Fee (Editor), Manon Parry (Editor)
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(0)This volume examines the wide-ranging careers and diverse lives of American women physicians, shedding light on their struggles for equality, professional accomplishment, ...
In the Little People, Big Dreams series, discover the lives of outstanding people from designers and artists to scientists. All of them went on to achieve incredible thing...
Urban biologist Danielle Lee busted through barriers of race, sex, and class to earn her Ph.D. in biology. She shares her knowledge with urban children to make science mor...
Thought-provoking and entertaining profiles that introduce twenty-five world-changing – although oft forgotten – women of history, as well as connecting the impact of thei...
Despite economic challenges and sexist assumptions about her abilities as a scientist, Rachel Carson used her gifts for writing and observation to change the way people vi...
Despite her lack of formal education, Mary Anning discovered and analyzed fossils critical to the emerging fields of geology and paleontology. However, as a working class ...
With the publishing of her book, "The Silent Spring" in the early 1960's, Rachel Carson awakened the citizens of the United States to the very real dangers of some of the ...
Though she grew up in rural Pennsylvania, Rachel Carson dreamed of the sea. In 1936 she began work with the Bureau of Fisheries and soon after published Under the Sea Wind...
Published on the fiftieth anniversary of her seminal book, Silent Spring, here is an indelible new portrait of Rachel Carson, founder of the environmental movement.
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This biography of Jane Goodall recounts her early life, desire to travel, life living with and studying chimpanzees, and impact on how the world treats animals. It also en...
Florence Nightingale often took care of sick friends and neighbors as a young girl and decided to become a nurse. After studying nursing, Florence worked in a hospital and...
Maria Merian, Mary Anning, and Maria Mitchell—three real girls separated by oceans and centuries—had much more in common than one might think. Through observation, curiosi...
A charmingly illustrated and educational book, New York Times best seller Women in Science highlights the contributions of fifty notable women to the fields of science, te...
Серія присвячена життю жінок, які зробили великий внесок у науку. Постаті складні й пристрасні, зразок і стимул у пізнанні світу. Історія Марії та Ірен Кюрі, двох пристрас...
Profiles of six amazing women who defied prejudice to succeed in the sciences using genius, ambition, and perseverance! Laurie Lawlor deftly paints portraits of each of th...
This book was chosen by the Children’s Book Council as a best STEM book of 2017!
Meet the women who programmed the first all-electronic computer and built the technolog...
Most people know Florence Nightingale was a compassionate and legendary nurse, but they don’t know her full story. This riveting biography explores the exceptional life of...