TY  - GEN
AU  - Whitlock, Catherine
AU  - Evans, Rhodri 
TI  - Ten women who changed science and the world
SN  - 9781472137432
U1  - 509.252 WHI 
PY  - 2019///
CY  - London
PB  - Hachette
KW  - Women Scientists
KW  - History
KW  - Biography
KW  - Women in Science
KW  - Virginia Apgar
KW  - Rachel Carson
KW  - Marie Curie
KW  - Gertrude Elion
KW  - Dorothy Hodgkin
KW  - Henrietta Leavitt
KW  - Rita Levi-Montalcini
KW  - Lise Meitner
KW  - Elsie Widdowson
KW  - Chien-Shiung Wu
N2  - 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 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
ER  -