Swaby, Rachel

"The untold true story of runner Maureen Wilton, whose world record-breaking marathon time at age thirteen was met first with misogyny and controversy, but ultimately with triumph"--Provided by publisher.

"A collection of profiles of some of history's most fascinating female scientists."--Provided by publisher.

"A collection of profiles of some of history's most fascinating female scientists."--Provided by publisher.

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.