women scientists

A brief biography of six women scientists who have changed the world.

This is the extraordinary true story of America's first female rocket scientist. Told by her son, it describes Mary Sherman Morgan's crucial contribution to launching America's first satellite and the author's labyrinthine journey to uncover his mother's lost legacy--one buried deep under a lifetime of secrets political, technological, and personal.

Profiles 186 women whose work is representative of the women in science of their time and culture.

"A biographical novel in verse of three different girls in three different time periods who grew up to become groundbreaking scientists"--.

Women have made a difference in every field imaginable, and they continue to do so today. Women's Lives in History introduces readers to dozens of these remarkable people. Women in Science features groundbreaking figures in chemistry, biology, mathematics, medicine, and many other scientific fields. Compelling text and vivid photographs bring these women to life. Features include essential facts, a timeline, a glossary, additional resources, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

In 1934, Irene Curie, working with her husband and fellow physicist, Frederic Joliot, made a discovery that forever altered the world: artificial radioactivity. Four years later, Curie's breakthrough led physicist Lise Meitner to the scientific epiphany that unlocked the secret of nuclear fission. Meitner's unique insight was critical to the revolution in science that led to nuclear energy and the race to build the atomic bomb.

"Caroline Herschel was the first woman to discover a comet and the first woman to be paid as a scientist."--Provided by publisher.

Four hundred concise biographical sketches show that American women have made significant contributions in all areas of science. Pays tribute to those who began their careers before 1950.

Profiles thirty-three women whose lives and work changed the scientific world, from Grace Murray Hopper and her discovery of the first computer bug--a real moth that had gotten inside an old supercomputer--and coined the term to Annie Jump Cannon, who studied the light of stars and classified about 400,000 stars in her lifetime.

Nora Alpers, 4th grade scientist, tackles her most difficult subject yet, making friends with someone you have nothing in common with--.