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Ghose, Shohini.
Subjects
Women astronomers -- Biography.
Women physicists -- Biography.
Astronomers -- Biography.
Physicists -- Biography.
Discoveries in science -- History.
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Ghose, Shohini.
Women astronomers -- Biography.
Women physicists -- Biography.
Astronomers -- Biography.
Physicists -- Biography.
Discoveries in science -- History.
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Her
space
, her
time
:
how
trailblazing
women
scientists
decoded
the
hidden
universe
/ Shohini Ghose.
by
Ghose, Shohini.
Random House Canada, 2023.
Call #:
520.922 G427
Subjects
Women
astronomers -- Biography.
Women
physicists -- Biography.
Astronomers -- Biography.
Physicists -- Biography.
Discoveries in science -- History.
ISBN:
9781039002401
Description:
xvii, 248 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.
Summary:
"Her
Space
, Her
Time
shares the stories of
women
in physics and astronomy whose work expanded scientific understanding yet whose accomplishments are largely overlooked--creating a thrilling account of scientific discovery, inspirational leadership and persistence in the face of overwhelming challenges. In shaping her narrative around the science that fascinated them and the social context in which they worked, award-winning quantum physicist Shohini Ghose champions these remarkable
women
?s contributions, which loom even larger given the misogyny and discrimination they faced. Ghose's canvas stretches from the 19th century to the present and includes many
women
whose work led to Nobel Prizes that were ultimately awarded to men. Among this list of impressive
scientists
: Henrietta Leavitt and Margaret Burbidge, who helped discover the big bang and the cosmic calendar; Anigaduwagi (Cherokee) aerospace scientist Mary Golda Ross, who helped make the Moon landings possible; atom splitter Lise Meitner; Bibha Chowdhuri, who discovered two fundamental particles; and Harriet Brooks--a Canadian physicist whose impact on radioactivity research was compared to Marie Curie?s, but who felt that marriage, not science, was the choice she had to make. Engaging and inspirational, Her
Space
, Her
Time
is threaded through with Ghose's own experiences in science--women in STEM still face the same kind of challenges her subjects encountered--and driven by the imperative to make the invisible visible, ensuring that the names of these
women
who pursued science against all odds will never be forgotten."--From publisher.
Genre:
Biographies.
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