{"product_id":"forces-of-nature-the-women-who-changed-science-by-leila-mcneill-hardcover-book","title":"FORCES OF NATURE THE WOMEN WHO CHANGED SCIENCE  By Leila McNeill Hardcover Book","description":"\u003ch1 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eFORCES OF NATURE THE WOMEN WHO CHANGED SCIENCE\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eBy Leila McNeill Hardcover Book\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition: New\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003ePublished By: \u003cspan\u003eFrances Lincoln\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDescription: In the ancient and medieval world, women served as royal physicians and nurses, \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003etaught mathematics, studied the stars, and practiced midwifery\u003c\/span\u003e. As natural philosophers, physicists, anatomists, and botanists, they were central to the great intellectual flourishing of the \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eScientific Revolution and the Enlightenment\u003c\/span\u003e. More recently women have been crucially involved in the Manhattan Project, pioneering space missions and much more. Despite their record of \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eillustrious achievements\u003c\/span\u003e, even today very few women win Nobel Prizes in science.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn this thoroughly researched, authoritative work, you will discover how women have navigated a male-dominated scientific culture – showing themselves to be \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003epioneers\u003c\/span\u003e and \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003etrailblazers\u003c\/span\u003e, often without any recognition at all. Included in the book are the stories of:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHypatia of Alexandria, one of the earliest recorded female mathematicians\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMaria Cunitz who corrected errors in Kepler’s work\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEmmy Noether who discovered fundamental laws of physics\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVera Rubin one of the most influential astronomers of the twentieth century\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJocelyn Bell Burnell who helped discover pulsars\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Frances Lincoln","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48269968048365,"sku":"CWX040","price":13.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0602\/6461\/2077\/files\/90439679-1FD6-4EE5-8341-EFE7D5C15C0E.jpg?v=1750875758","url":"https:\/\/paywut.com\/en-ie\/products\/forces-of-nature-the-women-who-changed-science-by-leila-mcneill-hardcover-book","provider":"PayWut","version":"1.0","type":"link"}