Since 1901 there have been over three hundred recipients of the Nobel Prize in the sciences. Only ten of them - about 3 percent - have been women. Why? In this updated version of "Nobel Prize Women in Science", Sharon Bertsch McGrayne explores the reasons for this astonishing disparity by examining the lives and achievements of fifteen women ...
Newton, Darwin, Pasteur, Einstein and other great physicists and biologists are household names, but the great chemists have received little recognition. Yet it could be argued that chemistry, more than any other scientific discipline, has made the modern world possible, largely through products that we take for granted. In the style of the ...
Virtually all life on Earth, from bacteria to humans, needs iron to survive. From facilitating oxygen flow in mammals to assisting migrating birds in finding their way south for the winter, iron serves a variety of definitive roles for nearly all living creatures. Our knowledge of iron's role in life is the result of recent discoveries about iron ...
The first book to examine the lives and accomplishments of women who have received the Nobel Prize--and those who contributed to prize-winning projects--this fascinating book introduces readers to Marie Curie, who unlocked the key to understanding the atomic nucleus, Emmy Noether, who laid the mathematical foundation for Eistein's theory of ...
This is a lively overview of recent breakthroughs and discoveries in science, as well as a review of some basic principles, in the form of intriguing trivia questions and answers. Covering a broad range of subjects, the book includes the disciplines of computer science, technology, medicine and health, Earth science, chemistry, astronomy, physics ...
Geoscience data and collections (such as rock and sediment cores, geophysical data, engineering records, and fossils) are necessary for industries to discover and develop domestic natural resources to fulfill the nation's energy and mineral requirements and to improve the prediction of immediate and long term hazards, such as land slides, volcanic ...
"Irresistible. She asks extraordinary questions and gives you the extraordinary answers."-New Scientist, praise for 365 Surprising Scientific Facts, Breakthroughs, and Discoveries Who is the most promiscuous primate? Why do American presidents and fat possums have more sons than daughters? What kind of grass is stronger than concrete? Learn the ...
"Irresistible. She asks extraordinary questions and gives you the extraordinary answers."-New Scientist, praise for 365 Surprising Scientific Facts, Breakthroughs, and Discoveries Who is the most promiscuous primate? Why do American presidents and fat possums have more sons than daughters? What kind of grass is stronger than concrete? Learn the ...
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