women scientists

Presents brief career biographies of women prominent in the field of science, including Florence Sabin, Chien Shiung Wu, Margaret Mead, and Alice Hamilton.

Short biographies of eight women who excelled in various scientific fields: Ellen Swallow Richards, Nettie Maria Stevens, Annie Jump Canon, Alice Hamilton, Florence Sabin, Alice Catherine Evans, Grace Murray Hopper, and Gertrude Belle Elion.

Explores the lives of 150 women from throughout history and around the world who have made significant contributions to the fields of science and math; arranged alphabetically, with a general bibliography, a visual chronology, four subject indexes, a comprehensive index, and photographs.

Presents short biographical profiles of women notable for their contributions to medicine, from cardiologist Maude Abbott to physician and educator Marie Zakrzewska.

Describes the day-to-day experiences of several women who work as scientists, helicopter pilots, snowplow drivers, and doctors in Antarctica.

From Scirland to the farthest reaches of Eriga, Isabella, Lady Trent, is known as the world's preeminent dragon naturalist. She brought the study of dragons out of the misty shadows of myth and into the clear light of modern science.