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bibliography Biographies Biographies. biography Biography. History. Juvenile works.Ignotofsky, Rachel
Summary: A collection of artworks inspired by the lives and achievements of fifty famous women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, from the ancient world to the present, profiles each notable individual. Full of art, this collection also contains infographics about relevant topics such as lab equipment, rates of women currently working in STEM fields, and an illustrated scientific...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press 2016
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 920 IGNCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: J People IgnotofskyCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: J920 IGNCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 920 IGNWhitlock, Catherine
Summary: Whitlock and Evans introduce us to some of the women-- physicists, biologists, chemists, astronomers and doctors-- who helped to shape our world with their extraordinary breakthroughs and inventions. These scientists overcame significant obstacles, often simply because they were women. Despite living during periods when the contribution of women was disregarded, if not ignored, these resilient...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Diversion Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 WHIReser, Anna
Summary: From the ancient world to the present women have been critical to the progress of science, yet their importance is overlooked, their stories lost, distorted, or actively suppressed. Forces of Nature sets the record straight and charts the fascinating history of women's discoveries in science. In the ancient and medieval world, women served as royal physicians and nurses, taught mathematics,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Frances Lincoln 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 509.252 RESSwaby, Rachel.
Summary: "Covering Nobel Prize winners and major innovators, as well as lesser-known but hugely significant scientists who influence our every day, Rachel Swaby's ... profiles span centuries of courageous thinkers and illustrate how each one's ideas developed, from their first moment of scientific engagement through the research and discovery for which they're best known"--Page 4 of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Broadway Books 2015