Authors Catherine Whitlock and Rhodri Evans have brought together brief biographies of ten women who changed science forever and pushed humanity in the right direction. In their new book Ten Women Who Changed Science and the World features the following amazing women:
- Virginia Apgar M.D.
- Rachel Carson
- Marie Curie
- Gertrude Elion
- Dorothy Hodgkin
- Henrietta Leavitt
- Rita Levi-Montalcini
- Lise Meitner
- Elsie Widdowson
- Chien-Shiung Wu
These minibiographies cover Nobel Prize winners, and go through the sobering histories of having to fight through gender discrimination to move forward . In the end, it was the search for knowledge and the persistence of these women that pushed them through. From the discovery of radium, to the discovery of a test to see if a baby is in distress, these stories give readers a jumping off place to discover more about women in science.
Ten Women Who Changed Science and the World is a fascinating book, but definitely for either older teens or adults due to the historical information. It is well-written and fascinating.
Ten Women Who Changed Science and the World is available now from Diversion Books.
