num_pages: 128
description: Women in Science highlights the contributions of fifty notable women to the fields of science technology engineering and mathematics (STEM) from the ancient to the modern world. Full of striking singular 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 glossary. The women profiled include well-known figures like primatologist Jane Goodall as well as lesser-known pioneers such as Katherine Johnson the African-American physicist and mathematician who calculated the trajectory of the 1969 Apollo 11 mission to the moon.
language: English
title: Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World
publisher: Ten Speed Press