scientists

A brief, illustrated, biography of Marie Curie, providing information on her childhood, family life, education, and achievements, including her joint Nobel Prize for physics with her husband in 1903 and a Nobel Prize for chemistry.

Profiles ten women who have overcome many forms of adversity, to triumph in the scientific and medical fields.

Describes the early lives and notable achievements of five black scientists, Susan McKinney Steward, George Washington Carver, Ernest Everett Just, Percy Lavon Julian, and Shirley Ann Jackson.

Examines the lives and achievements of some of the world's greatest scientists, including Marie Curie, Charles Darwin and Albert Einstein.

Profiles the life and work of seven scientists who made important medical inventions, including Santorio and the thermometer, La?nnec and the stethoscope, and R?ntgen and the x-ray.

Includes biographies of ten women who have made significant contributions to modern science, including Barbara McClintock, Katsuko Saruhashi, E. Margaret Burbidge, and Lydia Phindile Makhubu.

Profiles the lives and achievements of ten American women scientists, including Annie Jump Cannon, Margaret Mead, and Rachel Carson.

Chronicles the lives and achievements of six noted female scientists, including astronomer Jocelyn Bell Burnell, primatologist Dian Fossey, and anthropologist Margaret Mead.

Describes the efforts of six women to achieve success as scientists. Emphasizes the particular problems faced in combining a career with family responsibilities and in overcoming prejudice against women scientists.

Brief biographies of women who have made outstanding contributions to science: Annie Cannon, Lillian Gilbreth, Margaret Mead, Rachel Carson, Ruth Patrick, and Eugenie Clark.