women scientists

When their world is thrown into chaos, Aislin Ferry and Jason Moros must find a way to work together in order to save all they love even if it means total surrender.

Galena Margolis' dream is to invent a vaccine that could save millions of lives, but she has enemies that want to stop her. The Ferry empire will protect her, and Declan Ferry, the black sheep, politics-hating member of the family, signs up as her protector. The two fall in love, and though they both know it is dangerous, the risk may be worth it--if they can find their way together and make the vaccine.

Profiles seventeen women of science and medicine and features anecdotes, quotations, illustrations, and timelines.

Iconoclastic scientist Isabella, Lady Trent of Scirland, embarks on a two-year global voyage, hoping to determine the relationships among the endless varieties of dragon.

Discusses what's involved in becoming a polar scientist from a top researcher in the field, including the scientist's heroes, the equipment and skills she uses, and the challenges of conducting research and experiments in sub-zero temperatures.

Describes the lives of Marie Curie and her daughters. Nobel Prize winner and radiation pioneer Marie Curie was also a mother, widowed young, who raised two daughters alone: Irene, a Nobel Prize winning chemist in her own right, who played an important role in the development of the atomic bomb, and Eve, a highly regarded humanitarian and journalist, who fought alongside the French Resistance during WWII.

Lady Trent, the world's premier dragon naturalist, looks back at the next stage of her illustrious (and occasionally scandalous) career. Three years after her fateful journeys through the forbidding mountains of Vystrana, in which she lost her husband, the widowed Mrs. Camherst defies family and convention to embark on an expedition to the savage, war-torn continent of Eriga, home of such exotic draconian species as the grass-dwelling snakes of the savannah, arboreal tree snakes, and, most elusive of all, the legendary swamp-wyrms of the tropics. Isabella must brave oppressive heat, merciless fevers, palace intrigues, gossip, and other hazards in order to satisfy her boundless fascination with all things draconian.

Through narrative stories, explores female scientists who have made major contributions in science and culture.

Highlights women leaders who have made significant contributions to science, overcoming barriers to training and building careers in the process.