by Sharon Bertsch McGrayne ยท 1993
ISBN: 1559721464 9781559721462
Category: Biography & Autobiography / General
Page count: 419
The first book to examine the lives and accomplishments of women who have received the Nobel Prize--and those who contributed to prize-winning projects--this fascinating book introduces readers to Marie Curie, who unlocked the key to understanding the atomic nucleus, Emmy Noether, who laid the mathematical foundation for Eistein's theory of relativity, and others. Photographs.