Contents
Sixteen biographies of women who made significant contributions to science.
- Rosalind Elsie FranklinPioneer Molecular Biologist
- Dorothy Crowfoot HodgkinA Founder of Protein Crystallography
- Grace Murray HopperPioneer Computer Scientist
- Maria Goeppert-MayerNobelist in Physics
- Helen Sawyer HoggA Gift of Stars
- Rózsa PéterFounder of Recursive Function Theory
- Roger Arliner YoungLifelong Struggle of a Zoologist
- May Edward ChinnPhysician
- Emmy NoetherCreative Mathematical Genius
- Lise MeitnerA Battle for Ultimate Truth
- Lillian Moller GilbrethMother of Modern Management
- Annie Jump CannonTheorist of Star Spectra
- Rosa Smith EigenmannFirst Woman Ichthyologist of Any Accomplishments
- Ada Byron, Countess of LovelaceAnalyst, Metaphysician, and Founder of Scientific Computing
- Mary AnningFinder of Fossils
- Sophie GermainRevolutionary Mathematician