HER SPACE HER TIME (WOMEN SCIENTISTS) (MIT PRESS) (HB)

Women physicists and astronomers from around the world have transformed science and society, but the critical roles they played in their fields are not always well-sung. In this book, quantum physicist Shohini Ghose brings together the stories of these remarkable women to celebrate their indelible scientific contributions. Some of the featured women scientists include: Williamina Fleming, Annie Jump Cannon, Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, Antonia Maury, Harriet Brooks, Bibha Chowdhuri, Wu Chien-Shiung, the Navajo women of Shiprock, the women of the Manhattan Project, and many others.