![]() I found this book by chance at the library while looking for books on women in sciences the title obviously indicated this was right in the heart of my desired topic. Nobel Prize Women in Science is a startling and revealing look into the history of science and the critical and inspiring role that women have played in the drama of scientific progress. Above all, they were strong, joyful women in love with discovery. They were mountain climbers, musicians, seamstresses, and gourmet cooks. These and other remarkable women portrayed here struggled against gender discrimination, raised families, and became political and religious leaders. Readers are then introduced to Christiane Nusslein-Volhard, Emmy Noether, Lise Meitner, Barbara McClintock, Chien-Shiung Wu, and Rosalind Franklin. The book begins with Marie Curie, the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in physics. ![]() ![]() Their success was due to the fact that they were passionately in love with science. The book reveals the relentless discrimination these women faced both as students and as researchers. ![]() Why? In this updated version of Nobel Prize Women in Science, Sharon Bertsch McGrayne explores the reasons for this astonishing disparity by examining the lives and achievements of fifteen women scientists who either won a Nobel Prize or played a crucial role in a Nobel Prize - winning project. Only ten of them?about 3 percent?have been women. Since 1901 there have been over three hundred recipients of the Nobel Prize in the sciences. ![]()
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