Bookbot

Headstrong

52 Women Who Changed Science-and the World

Valoración del libro

Más información sobre el libro

Fifty-two inspiring and insightful profiles of history's brightest female scientists. In 2013, the New York Times published an obituary for Yvonne Brill. It began: "She made a mean beef stroganoff, followed her husband from job to job, and took eight years off from work to raise three children." It wasn't until the second paragraph that readers discovered why the Times had devoted several hundred words to her life: Brill was a brilliant rocket scientist who invented a propulsion system to keep communications satellites in orbit, and had recently been awarded the National Medal of Technology a

Compra de libros

Headstrong, Rachel Swaby

Idioma
Publicado en
2015
product-detail.submit-box.info.binding
(Tapa blanda)
Te avisaremos por correo electrónico en cuanto lo localicemos.

Métodos de pago

4,0
Muy bueno
2439 Valoraciones

Nos falta tu reseña aquí

Título
Headstrong
Subtítulo
52 Women Who Changed Science-and the World
Idioma
Inglés
Formato
Tapa blanda
Páginas
273
ISBN10
0553446797
ISBN13
9780553446791
Serie
Calificación
4 de 5
Descripción
Fifty-two inspiring and insightful profiles of history's brightest female scientists. In 2013, the New York Times published an obituary for Yvonne Brill. It began: "She made a mean beef stroganoff, followed her husband from job to job, and took eight years off from work to raise three children." It wasn't until the second paragraph that readers discovered why the Times had devoted several hundred words to her life: Brill was a brilliant rocket scientist who invented a propulsion system to keep communications satellites in orbit, and had recently been awarded the National Medal of Technology a