Nobel Prize Women in Science: Their Lives, Struggles, and Momentous Discoveries

Nobel Prize Women in Science: Their Lives, Struggles, and Momentous Discoveries by McGrayne, Sharon Bertsch. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780806520254.

Explores the reason for the disparity in the number of male and female Nobel Prize recipients by examining the lives and achievements of 15 women scientists who either won a Nobel Prize or played a crucial role in a Nobel Prize-winning project. Begins with Marie Curie--the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in physics--then introduces other winners, including Christiane Nusslein-Volhard, Emmy Noether, Lise Meitner, Barbara McClintock, Chien-Shiung Wu, and Rosalind Franklin. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.