American women of science
By: Carole Ann Camp
Series: Collective biographies
Publisher: Enslow Publishers
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Berkeley Heights, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 112
ISBN-13: 9780766015388
Subjects: Scientists; Juvenile literature; Women scientists; Biography; Women
Description: Follows the struggles and triumphs of ten women breaking through the science barriers including Barbara McClintock, Grace Murray Hopper, Flossie Wong-Staal, as well as Stephanie Kwolek.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 108) and index.
Table of contents: title: Florence Bascom; title: Barbara McClintock; title: Maria Goeppert-Mayer; title: Grace Murray Hopper; title: Rachel Carson; title: Chien-Shiung Wu; title: Rosalyn Sussman Yalow; title: Stephanie Louise Kwolek; title: Shirley Ann Jackson; title: Flossie Wong-Staal.