Eminent Women Scientists
Contents: Introduction. 1. Ada Lovelace. 2. Agnes Mary Clerke. 3. Alice Cunningham Fletcher. 4. Alice Eastwood. 5. Amalie Nother. 6. Anna Atkins. 7. Anna Botsford Comstock. 8. Anna Jane Harrison. 9. Anna Maria Sibylla Merian. 10. Annie Jump Cannon. 11. Aphra Behn. 12. Aspasia. 13. Barbara McClintock. 14. Beatrix Potter. 15. Blessed Hildegard of Bingen. 16. Carole Jordon. 17. Caroline Lucretia Herschel. 18. Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin. 19. Chien-Shiung Wu. 20. Christiane Nusslein Volhard. 21. Claire F. Gmachl. 22. Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin. 23. Dorothy Maud Wrinch. 24. Eleanor Anne Ormered. 25. Elena Cornaro Piscopia. 26. Elisabeth of Bohemia. 27. Elizabeth Blackwell. 28. Elizabeth Garrett Anderson. 29. Ellen Swallow Richards. 30. Emilie du Chatelet. 31. Emily Werren Roebling. 32. Emmy Noether. 33. Evelyn Boyd Granville. 34. Florence Nightingale. 35. Gertrude Belle Elion. 36. Grace Hopper. 37. Heather Couper. 38. Henrietta Swan Leavitt. 39. Herrad of Landsberg. 40. Hertha Marks Ayrton. 41. Hypatia of Alexandria. 42. Ida Noddack. 43. Irene Joliot-Curie. 44. Jane Colden. 45. Jeanne Villepreux-Power. 46. Jocelyn Bell Burnell. 47. Juliana Berners. 48. Kalpana Chawla. 49. Kate Gleason. 50. Koncordie Amalie Dietrich. 51. Laura Maria Caterina Bassi. 52. Linda B. Buck. 53. Lisa Randall. 54. Lise Meitner. 55. Lucy Hobbs Taylor. 56. Margaret Burbidge. 57. Margaret Cavendish. 58. Margaret Floy Washburn. 59. Margaret Knight. 60. Maria Gaetana Agnesi. 61. Maria Gaetana-Mayer. 62. Maria Mitchell. 63. Marie Curie. 64. Marie-Sophie Germain. 65. Mary Adela Blagg. 66. Mary Anning. 67. Mary Dixon Kies. 68. Mary Edwards Walker. 69. Mary Somerville. 70. Mary Whiton Calkins. 71. Maud Menten. 72. Nettie Maria Stevens. 73. Rita Levi Montalcini. 74. Rosa Smith Eigenmann. 75. Rosalind Elsie Franklin. 76. Rosalyn Sussman Yalow. 77. Ruth Benedict. 78. Silvia Helena Cardoso. 79. Sofia Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya. 80. Sophia Louisa Jex-Blake. 81. Susan Blackmore. 82. Susan Greenfield. 83. Tarquinia Molza. 84. Theano. 85. Williamina Fleming.
"This is a very interesting collection of biographical sketches of 'Eminent Women Scientists' from the Western countries and America, who earned world wide fame as distinguished scientists during their life time. The period covered is from Greek Civilization to the Modern Age.
The biographical sketches of these ancient, medieval and modern age women scientists and creative personalities show that they were very hard working, intelligent and influential in the society of the day, and possessed rare qualities of head and heart.
No doubt eminent positions were held by many women in the world of science and in the modern age. Some of them even got Noble Prize for their scientific contributions, discoveries or inventions. Many of them were honoured by the various Academies and Royal Societies for their wonderful attainments and virtues in various fields of research.
The book will be an interesting and informative reading for all those interested in knowing the achievements of women scientists." (jacket)
