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Headstrong : 52 women who changed science--and the world Cover Image Book

Headstrong : 52 women who changed science--and the world

Head-strong : (other title)
Swaby, Rachel (author.).

Summary: "Covering Nobel Prize winners and major innovators, as well as lesser-known but hugely significant scientists who influence our every day, Rachel Swaby's ... profiles span centuries of courageous thinkers and illustrate how each one's ideas developed, from their first moment of scientific engagement through the research and discovery for which they're best known"--Page 4 of cover.

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  • ISBN: 9780553446791
  • ISBN: 0553446797
  • ISBN: 1518248632
  • Physical Description: print
    xiv, 273 pages ; 21 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Broadway Books, [2015]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-263) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Medicine -- Biology and the environment -- Genetics and development -- Physics -- Earth and stars -- Math and technology -- Invention.

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Women scientists Biography
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Genre:
Biographies.

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  • 20 of 22 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 0 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library.

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  • 1 current hold with 22 total copies.
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Jacksonville Main Library 509.252 SWA (Text) 36015000684171 Adult Nonfiction Checked out 08/10/2026
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