The mini biographies of these women who persisted will touch anyone with a keen curiosity about the world.

"Ten Women Who Changed Science" narrates the moving stories of physicists, biologists, chemists, astronomers, and doctors who helped shape our world with their exceptional discoveries and inventions, highlighting their remarkable achievements.

These scientists overcame significant obstacles, often simply because they were women. Science and their lives were influenced by personal tragedies and defined by seismic global events. What motivated them to cure previously incurable diseases, disprove existing theories, or discover new energy sources?

Some were awarded the Nobel Prize for their groundbreaking work, such as Marie Curie with two awards, while others never received the recognition they deserved, even though many remain anonymous. Despite the era in which women's work was ignored or underestimated, these resilient women persisted in their research, whether by creating vital medicines or expanding our knowledge of the universe.

The scientists are: Henrietta Leavitt (United States, Astronomy); Lise Meitner (Austria, Physics); Chien-Shiung Wu (United States, Physics); Marie Curie (France, Chemistry); Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin (United Kingdom, Chemistry); Virginia Apgar (United States, Medicine); Gertrude Elion (United States, Medicine); Rita Levi-Montalcini (Italy, Biology); Elsie Widdowson (United Kingdom, Biology); Rachel Carson (United States, Biology).

Pages: 320, Year of Publication: 2021, Dimensions: 15.2x15.2cm