The triumph of discovery
Subtitle: women scientists who won the Nobel Prize
By: by Joan Dash.
Publisher: Julian Messner
Published: 1991
Place of publication: Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 148
Subjects: McClintock, Barbara, 1902-  -- Juvenile literature.; Mayer, Maria Goeppert, 1906-1972 -- Juvenile literature.; Yalow, Rosalyn S. 1921-  -- Juvenile literature.; Levi-Montalcini, Rita -- Juvenile literature.; McClintock, Barbara, 1902-; Mayer, Maria Goeppert, 1906-1972.; Yalow, Rosalyn S. 1921-; Levi-Montalcini, Rita.; Women medical scientists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Women scientists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Nobel Prizes -- Juvenile literature.; Medical scientists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Scientists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Women scientists.; Scientists.; Nobel Prizes -- Biography.
Description: Examines the lives of Barbara McClintock, Maria Mayer, Rosalyn Yalow, and Rita Levi-Montalcini, women scientists who won the Nobel Prize against extraordinary odds, in different fields and under different circumstances.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-141) and index.
"JM Messner certified edition"--Cover.