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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • This “wittily illustrated [and] accessible volume” (The Wall Street Journal) highlights the contributions of fifty notable women to the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) from the ancient to the modern world.
“The must-read, girl-power STEM book.”—InStyle
It’s a scientific fact:...
“The must-read, girl-power STEM book.”—InStyle
It’s a scientific fact:...
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Frances Lincoln
Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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"From suffragettes to scientists, activists to artists, politicians to pilots and writers to riot grrrls, a celebration of 52 influential and inspiring women who have profoundly changed the world through their lives, works and actions, reveals who they each have paved the way for gender equality in their own indomitable way"--NoveList.
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National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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"Learn about what kinds of jobs these fearless female scientists and explorers do, and how you can follow in their footsteps"--
"Track a volcanologist as she braves the elements atop an active volcano. Travel alongside a mountaineer as she battles stereotypes-and frostbite-to conquer the famed Seven Summits. Join a conservationist on her passionate fight to save lions. Dig with a paleontologist to uncover massive dinosaur fossils, bit by breathtaking...
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2013.
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English
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"Blending a fascinating personal history with dramatic historical events, this book brings long-overdue attention to a brilliant woman whose work proved essential for America's early space program. 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...
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W. W. Norton & Company, Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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"The surprising, often fiercely feminist, always fascinating, yet barely known, history of home economics. The term "home economics" may conjure traumatic memories of lopsided hand-sewn pillows or sunken cakes. But obscured by common conception is the story of the revolutionary science of better living. The field exploded opportunities for women in the twentieth century by reducing domestic work and providing jobs as professors, engineers, chemists,...
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2018.
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English
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"Brief, illustrated bios of women creators around the world"--
Featuring the true stories of women creators and thinkers from around the world, throughout history, this book shows that sometimes seeing things a little differently can lead to big changes. Some names are well known, some are not, but all the women had a lasting effect on the fields they worked in. Whether they were breaking ground for innovative structures or breaking rules and creating...
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English
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"The bestselling author of Leonardo da Vinci and Steve Jobs returns with a gripping account of how the pioneering scientist Jennifer Doudna, along with her colleagues and rivals, launched a revolution that will allow us to cure diseases, fend off viruses, and enhance our children"--
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Broadway Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
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In 2013, the New York Times published an obituary for Yvonne Brill. It began: "She made a mean beef stroganoff, followed her husband from job to job, and took eight years off from work to raise three children." It wasn't until the second paragraph that readers discovered why the Times had devoted several hundred words to her life: Brill was a brilliant rocket scientist who invented a propulsion system to keep communications satellites in orbit, and...
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The MIT Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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The first American woman to walk in space recounts her experience as part of the team that launched, rescued, repaired, and maintained the Hubble Space Telescope.
The Hubble Space Telescope has revolutionized our understanding of the universe. Sullivan, a retired astronaut, describes her work on the NASA team that made all of this possible. She recounts how she and other astronauts, engineers, and scientists launched, rescued, repaired, and maintained...
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Feminist Press at City University of New York
Pub. Date
2010
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English
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"Julie Des Jardins uncovers the stories of prominent women scientists - from Rachel Carson to Jane Goodall to the women of the Manhattan Project - to explore how women have employed different scientific methods, asked new questions, come up with original explanations, and forever transformed scientific inquiry. The Madame Curie Complex gives fresh insight into the barriers and successes for women in science, and sheds light on the way our cultural...
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Currency
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"In a captivating memoir, an Egyptian American visionary and scientist provides an intimate view of her personal transformation as she follows her calling-to humanize our technology and how we connect with one another. Rana el Kaliouby is a rarity in both the tech world and her native Middle East: a Muslim woman in charge in a field that is still overwhelmingly white and male. Growing up in Egypt and Kuwait, el Kaliouby was raised by a strict father...
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Black Dog & Leventhal
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"STEM Like A Girl teaches important STEM concepts while showcasing dozens of curious girls showing off their scientific prowess. Filled with photographs of the girls and the experiments they've done, this guide will empower girls with knowledge and confidence to become future problem solvers and leaders in the scientific world and beyond"--
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Philomel Books
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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Engaging artwork accompanies inspiring text in this STEM-focused addition to the #1 New York times best-selling She Persisted series that introduces readers to women scientists who didn't listen to those who told them "no" and who used their smarts, skills and persistence to discover, invent, create, and explain.
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Quarry Books, an imprint of The Quarto Group
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
She Can STEM highlights the curiosity, creativity, and perseverance of 50 leading historical and modern physicists, chemists, biologists, and ecologists, pairing each biography with a hands-on project.
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