Ten Women Who Changed Science, and the World
$51.46
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
12 February 2019
Summary
‘These minibiographies of women who persisted will move anyone with an avid curiosity about the world.’ - Publishers Weekly
With a foreword by Athene Donald, Professor of Experimental Physics, University of Cambridge and Master of Churchill College.
Ten 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 outl…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781472137432 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1472137434 |
| Author: | Catherine Whitlock, Rhodri Evans |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Robinson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 12 February 2019 |
| Weight: | 400g |
| Dimensions: | 232mm x 152mm x 28mm |
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These minibiographies of women who persisted will move anyone with an avid curiosity about the world.
These minibiographies of women who persisted will move anyone with an avid curiosity about the world. - Publishers Weekly
Students of the history of science will also find the detailed stories of these women fascinating. The biographical details merge effortlessly with their professional challenges. What also keeps the interest intact is the fact that these women all hailed from a variety of disciplines within the sciences. - Telegraph (India)About The Author
Catherine Whitlock
Catherine Whitlock (Author)
Catherine Whitlock’s PhD in Immunology at the University of London was followed by ten years of post-doctoral research in cell biology and immunology. More recently she has taught these subjects. She has an ongoing research interest in evaluating the power of science communication initiatives, such as Cafe Scientifique, and having gained a Diploma in Science Communication from Birkbeck College, University of London, she now works as a freelance writer. She is a Chartered Biologist and a member of the British Society for Immunology and the Association of British Science Writers. She lives in Kent.
Rhodri Evans (Author)
Dr Rhodri Evans studied Physics at Imperial College London, graduating with First Class honours, before gaining his PhD in Astrophysics from Cardiff University. He has taught at the University of Toledo in the United States, at Swarthmore College and done post-doctoral research at the University of Chicago’s Yerkes Observatory, ‘the birthplace of modern astrophysics’. He is currently a senior lecturer in the Department of Physics at the University of Namibia. Rhodri is the author of numerous academic papers as well as popular-science articles, he speaks regularly at conferences and is a regular contributor to the BBC on Physics and Astronomy.
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