Women who shaped science : inspirational leaders in STEM
2024
Book
A fascinating journey through history chronicling 20 remarkable women who were pioneers in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). This beautifully illustrated non-fiction book for age 8 and older opens with the first perfume maker in 1200 BCE, through the present, a young woman from Kenya invented eco-friendly paving blocks made from recycled plastics, their inspirational stories will inspire the next generation of female STEM innovators. Further engagement is encouraged with 12 activities and experiments to do at home, glossary, and list of periodic elements.
Item Details
ISBN: 9798890941862
Description: 72 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Other Title:
- Women who shaped science : inspirational leaders in science, technology, engineering, mathematics
- Inspirational leaders in STEM
- Inspirational leaders in science, technology, engineering, mathematics
Notes: "With 12 activities you can try too!"--Cover.
Contents:
- Tapputi-Belatekallim (Mesopotamia, c. 1200 BCE)
- Mary Hebraea (Alexandria, c. 1st Century CE)
- Maria Sibylla Merian (Germany, 1647-1717)
- Sarah Guppy (England, 1770-1852)
- Jeanne Villepreux-Power (France, 1794-1871)
- Mary Anning (England, 1799-1847)
- Margaret Knight (USA 1838-1914)
- Margarete Steiff (Germany, 1847-1909)
- Madam C.J. Walker (USA, 1867-1919)
- Lise Meitner (Austria, 1878-1968)
- Inge Lehmann (Denmark, 1888-1993)
- Marguerite Perey (France, 1909-1975)
- Bibha Chowdhuri (India, 1913-1991)
- Rosalind Franklin (England, 1920-1958)
- Stephanie Kwolek (USA, 1923-2014)
- Vera Rubin (USA, 1928-2016)
- Tu Youyou (China, born 1930)
- Roseli Ocampo-Friedmann (Philippines 1937-2005)
- Omuwunmi Sadik (Nigeria, born 1964)
- Nzambi Matee (Kenya, born 1992)
- Activities to do at home
- Glossary
- List of periodic elements.
LCCN: 2024944510
Control Number: 3384971
Publisher: Mount Joy, PA : Curious Fox Books, an imprint of Fox Chapel Publishing, [2024]Subjects:
- Women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
- Women -- Biography.
- Women engineers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
- Women in engineering -- Juvenile literature.
- Women in mathematics -- Juvenile literature.
- Women in science -- Juvenile literature.
- Women in technology -- Juvenile literature.
- Women inventors -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
- Women mathematicians -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
- Women scientists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Genre: Biographies.
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