Ebook {Epub PDF} Headstrong: 52 Women Who Changed Science-and the World by Rachel Swaby

Rachel Swaby is a producer of the podcast Runner's World, and the author of Headstrong: 52 Women Who Changed Science--and the World as well as its young readers adaptation, Trailblazers: 33 Women in Science Who Changed the World. She lives in Los Angeles.4/5. “Rachel Swaby’s no-nonsense and needed Headstrong dynamically profiles historically overlooked female visionaries in science, technology, engineering, and math.”—Elle In , the New York Times published an obituary for Yvonne Brill. It began: “She made a mean beef stroganoff, followed her husband from job to job, and took eight years off from work to raise three children.”Reviews: 8 rows · Fifty-two inspiring and insightful profiles of history's brightest female scientists. "Rachel /5(31).

In Conclusion, Headstrong: 52 Women Who Changed Science -- and the World by Rachel Swaby is a nonfiction book about women's acknowledgment in the different fields of science and how these women's accomplishments have been finessed by men and the media. Swaby's opinion is expressed early in the introduction of the book. Click to read more about Headstrong: 52 Women Who Changed Science and the World by Rachel Swaby. LibraryThing is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Thank you very much for authoring 'Headstrong: 52 Women Who Changed Science — and the World.' Your brief profiles of each woman are informative and fun to read. I appreciate the style and facts provided — and that you curated the book to include neither the 'poster-mother' of female scientists, Marie Curie, nor scientists still alive.

Synopsis. About this title. Fifty-two inspiring and insightful profiles of history’s brightest female scientists. “Rachel Swaby’s no-nonsense and needed Headstrong dynamically profiles historically overlooked female visionaries in science, technology, engineering, and math.”—Elle. In , the New York Times published an obituary for Yvonne Brill. Fifty-two inspiring and insightful profiles of history's brightest female scientists. "Rachel. In HEADSTRONG: 52 Women Who Changed Science—and the World (Broadway Books, April 7, ), Rachel Swaby delivers a powerful and entertaining response. Swaby, a journalist whose work has appeared in Wired, www.doorway.ru, O, The Oprah Magazine, Runner’s World, and more, writes about science and technology through the lens of human experience.