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Julia Robinson and the Cracking of Hilbert’s Tenth Problem (Women in Science 33)
For mathematicians, the only thing more exciting than proving a theorem is proving that it can never be proven. These…
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Breaking the Shackles Procreative: Margaret Sanger and the Creation Of The Pill. (Women in Science 32)
In 1912, it was against the law to publish a book that contained descriptions of birth control methods. It was…
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Making Continents Move: The Ocean Cartography of Marie Tharp (Women in Science 31)
If you’re a scientist, and you’ve lived long enough, there’s a good chance that you’ll see your life’s work overwritten…
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The Monster in Dr. McClintock: The Twisted Tale of Jumping Genes
Isolation makes monsters, and none so monstrous as those who willingly seek it. It is hard to work up a…
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The Illustrated Women In Science: Year One!
Thrill to the jungle-crawling entomology of Maria Merian, cheer at the multi-dimensional mathematics of Maryam Mirzakhani, weep at the tragic…
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Of Artificial Radiation and Natural Genius: The Chemistry of Irène Joliot-Curie (Women In Science 29)
Radioactivity is a great thing. Terrible, but great. The medical applications of radioactively tagged molecules, as Rosalyn Yalow proved,…
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Unearthing the World Jurassic: Mary Anning and the Founding of Paleontology (Women In Science 28)
As the tide rolls out, a woman in a hardened bonnet and loose fitting clothes scrambles across the crumbling cliffs…
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Queen of Carbon: The Ongoing Materials Science Legacy Of Mildred Dresselhaus (Women In Science 27)
Carbon. Its astounding versatility is matched only by our total and historic complacency in the face of its wonders.…
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