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020			_a9781472137432 (paperback) _cRs599.00
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082			_223 _a509.252 WHI _b013742
100	1		_aWhitlock, Catherine.
245	1	0	_aTen women who changed science, and the world /​ _cCatherine Whitlock and Rhodri Evans ; foreword by Athene Donald.
264		1	_aLondon : _bRobinson, _c2019.
300			_axiii, 306 pages : _billustrations, portraits ; _c24 cm
336			_2rdacontent _atext _btxt
337			_2rdamedia _aunmediated _bn
338			_2rdacarrier _avolume _bnc
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 291-293) and index.
505			_aVirginia Apgar Rachel Carson Marie Curie Gertrude Elion Dorothy Hodgkin Henrietta Leavitt Rita Levi-Montalcini Lise Meitner Elsie Widdowson Chien-Shiung Wu.
520			_aTen Women Who Changed Science tells the moving stories of the physicists, biologists, chemists, astronomers and doctors who helped to shape our world with their extraordinary breakthroughs and inventions, and outlines their remarkable achievements. These scientists overcame significant obstacles, often simply because they were women their science and their lives were driven by personal tragedies and shaped by seismic world events. What drove these remarkable women to cure previously incurable diseases, disprove existing theories or discover new sources of energy? Some were rewarded with the Nobel Prize for their pioneering achievements - Madame Curie, twice - others were not and, even if they had, many are not household names. Despite living during periods when the contribution of women was disregarded, if not ignored, these resilient women persevered with their research, whether creating life-saving drugs or expanding our knowledge of the cosmos. By daring to ask 'How?' and 'Why?' and persevering against the odds, each of these women, in a variety of ways, has made the world a better place.
600		0	_aApgar, Virginia, _d1909-1974.
600		0	_aCarson, Rachel, _d1907-1964.
600		0	_aCurie, Marie, _d1867-1934.
600		0	_aHodgkin, Dorothy, _d1910-1994.
600		0	_aLeavitt, Henrietta Swan, _d1868-1921.
600		0	_aMeitner, Lise, _d1878-1968.
600		0	_aWiddowson, Elsie M. _q(Elsie May), _d1906-2000.
600		0	_aWu, C. S. _q(Chien-shiung), _d1912-1997.
600		0	_aLevi-Montalcini, Rita.
600		0	_aElion, Gertrude B.
650		0	_aWomen scientists _xHistory.
650		0	_aWomen scientists _xBiography.
700	1		_aEvans, Rhodri.
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