Magnificent Minds, 2nd Edition: 17 Pioneering Women in Science and Medicine (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781943431649)

Did you know that Florence Nightingale pioneered the use of statistics in public health? That Marie Curie is still the only person to have won the Nobel Prize in both physics and chemistry--and the only winner whose daughter also won a Nobel Prize? That in the 17th century, the most accomplished scholar in mathematical astronomy was a Polish woman, Maria Cunitz? Now includes a pioneer of laser eye surgery, Patricia Bath, and a new afterword about women's position in the sciences today.

Author: Pendred E. Noyce
ISBN-10: 1943431647
ISBN-13: 9781943431649
Publisher: Tumblehome, Inc.
Language: English
Published: 03/15/2021
Pages: 150
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 9.90h x 8.20w x 0.70d