Ten Women Who Changed Science and the World: Marie Curie, Rita Levi-Montalcini, Chien-Shiung Wu, Virginia Apgar, and More. This item is unavailable.Ten Women Who Changed Science and the World: Marie Curie, Rita Levi-Montalcini, Chien-Shiung Wu, Virginia Apgar, and More

It has been more than a century since the first woman received a Nobel Prize in science. And after Marie Curie's 1911 accolade, only seventeen other women (two in 2018!) have been so honored (Curie won the award a second time). This book explores the lives of Curie, three other female Nobel Prize winners, and six other women who broke through gender discrimination in the fields of physics, biology, chemistry, astronomy, and medicine to help to shape our world with their extraordinary breakthroughs and inventions. Their science and their lives were driven by personal tragedies and shaped by seismic world events. By daring to ask "How?" and "Why?" and persevering against the odds, each of these women, in a variety of ways, has made the world a better place.

Having gained a Diploma in Science Communication from Birkbeck College, University of London--as well as a PhD in Immunology--Catherine Whitlock now works as a freelance writer. She has written for numerous magazines and websites including The Wellcome Trust and Nature Publishing Group. She is a Chartered Biologist and a member of the British Society for Immunology and the Association of British Science Writers. She lives in Kent with her husband and three children.

Dr. Rhodri Evans studied Physics at Imperial College London, before gaining his PhD in Astrophysics from Cardiff University. He has taught at a number of universities around the world and is the author of numerous popular-science articles. He speaks regularly at conferences and is a regular contributor to the BBC on Physics and Astronomy. His popular blog can be found at thecuriousastronomer.wordpress.com