Women Who Built Our Scientific Foundations

by Kim Etingoff

Overview

Women have made major contributions to science throughout history, including in building the foundation of our current scientific knowledge. Learn about the lives of some of the most amazing women who have changed our scientific understanding, from Marie Curie to Ellen Swallow Richards, as well as their exciting and important work. Discover what it takes to be a leader in science. Find out about the opportunities for women in the field. Read Women Who Built Our Scientific Foundations to see if following in the footsteps of the many brilliant women who have made their mark in science is something you want to do.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781422289020
Publisher:	Mason Crest
Publication date:	09/02/2014
Series:	Major Women in Science Series
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	64
Lexile:	980L (what's this?)
File size:	6 MB
Age Range:	12 - 17 Years

Table of Contents

Introduction 6

1 What Does It Take to Be a Scientist? 9

2 Long-Ago Women in Science 15

3 Emilie du Chatelet: Scientific Genius of the 18th Century 19

4 Mary Somerville: 19th-century Astronomer 23

5 Florence Nightingale: Creator of Modern Nursing 27

6 Matilda Coxe Evans Stevenson: Anthropologist of the American West 33

7 Marie Curie: Groundbreaking Physicist 37

8 Ellen Swallow Richards: The First Ecologist 43

9 Elizabeth Lee Hazen and Rachel Fuller Brown: Antifungal Inventors 47

10 Elizabeth Donnell Kay: Environmentalist 53

11 Opportunities for Women Today in Science 57

Index 63

About the Author & Picture Credits 64