TY  - BOOK
AU  - McGrayne,Sharon Bertsch
TI  - Nobel Prize women in science: their lives, struggles, and momentous discoveries 
SN  - 1559721464
AV  - Q141 .B42 1993
PY  - 1993///
CY  - Secaucus, N.J.
PB  - Carol Pub. Group
KW  - Women Nobel Prize winners
KW  - Biography
KW  - Women scientists
KW  - Science
KW  - Awards
KW  - Nobel Prizes
KW  - Women
KW  - Nobel Prize
KW  - fast
N1  - "A Birch Lane Press book."; Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-400) and index; A passion for discovery -- Marie Skłodowska Curie -- Lise Meitner -- Emmy Noether -- Gerty Radnitz Cori -- Irene Joliot-Curie -- Barbara McClintock -- Maria Goeppert Mayer -- Rita Levi-Montalcini -- Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin -- Chien-Shiung Wu -- Gertrude Elion -- Rosalind Franklin -- Rosalyn Sussman Yalow -- Jocelyn Bell Burnell
N2  - Exploring the reasons why only nine of the more than 300 recipients of the Nobel Prize in science have been women, science writer McGrayne examines the lives and achievements of 14 women scientists who either won a Nobel Prize or played a crucial role in a Nobel Prize-winning project. Their stories are case studies of triumph over relentless gender discrimination. B & w photographs throughout
ER  -