An investigation into the lives of some of the more remarkable women in the history of scientific discovery.
Women have played a vital role in scientific discovery, although at times their participation has been unrecognized. Their scholarly research and discoveries have provided a rich tapestry to add to the scientific endeavors of the world. It is important that these women be viewed through the lens of their time, placing their achievements in context throughout the past few centuries. Their fields of excellence include medicine, biology, astronomy, mathematics, physics, meteorology, geology, zoology, and engineering, along with their various sub-categories. The significant contributions by women to science date from the earliest times, and this book brings together the stories of those who have left their mark, despite the significant hurdles they have faced. There are many women who deserve recognition in this way, including the much vaunted Madame Curie and Ada Lovelace, but there are others whose talent is undoubted although they have not received the plaudits that they deserve. And so this book includes a mixture of talented women from different eras, countries, and fields.
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| Introduction |
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Emeritus Professor Rosalind F. Croucher |
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Frances `Fran' Elizabeth Allen |
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Phoebe Sarah `Hertha' Marks Ayrton |
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Massimilla `Milla' Baldo-Ceolin |
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Nora Stanton Blatch Barney |
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Elizabeth Helen Blackburn |
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Katharine `Katie' Burr Blodgett |
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(Susan) Jocelyn Bell Burnell |
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Gerty Theresa Radnitz Cori |
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Mildred Spiewak Dresselhaus |
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(Gabrielle) Emilie du Chatelet |
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Catherine `Kate' Anselm Gleason |
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Gertrude `Trude' Scharff Goldhaber |
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Caroline Lucretia Herschel |
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Grace Brewster Murray Hopper |
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Margaret Lindsay Murray Huggins |
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Frances Betty Sarnat Hugle |
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Maria Margaretha Winckelman Kirch |
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Margaret Galland Kivelson |
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Sofia Vasilyevna Korvin-Krukovskaya Kovalevskaya |
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Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler `Hedy Lamarr' |
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Barbara Jane Huberman Liskov |
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(Augusta) Ada Byron Lovelace |
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Elizabeth `Elsie' Muriel Gregory MacGill |
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Lynn Petra Alexander Margulis |
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Antonia Caetana de Paiva Pereira Maury |
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(Eleanor) Barbara McClintock |
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Christiane `Janni' Nusslein-Volhard |
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Agnes Luise Wilhelmine Pockels |
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Ellen Henrietta Swallow Richards |
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Beatrice (`Tilly') Shilling |
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Mary Fairfax Greig Somerville |
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`Janet' Jane Ann Ionn Taylor |
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Ruth Lichterman Teitelbaum |
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Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova |
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Anna Johnson Pell Wheeler |
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Sheila Marie Evans Widnall |
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John S. Croucher is a Professor of Management, Macquarie University, Sydney. He has published over 130 research papers and 30 books, and for 8 years was a television presenter on football. John holds 4 PhDs and in 2013 won the prestigious Prime Ministers Award for Australian University Teacher of the Year. A fellow of both the Royal Society of Arts and the Australian Mathematical Society, in 2015 John was made a Member of the Order of Australia for significant service to mathematical science in the field of statistics, as an academic, author and mentor and to professional organisations. Rosalind F. Croucher is President of the Australian Human Rights Commission and an Adjunct Professor of Law at Macquarie University. In 2011 she was recognised as one of the 40 inspirational alumni of UNSW, where she gained her PhD in legal history. In 2014 she was named as among the 100 most influential women in the country. A fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and the Australian Academy of Law, in 2015 she was made a Member of the Order of Australia for significant service to the law as an academic, to legal reform and education, to professional development, and to the arts.
