Women in Science

50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World

By: Rachel Ignotofsky

Narrated by: Sarah Mollo-Christensen

The New York Times best seller Women in Science highlights the contributions of 50 notable women to the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), from the ancient to the modern world. This fascinating collection contains information about relevant topics, such as lab equipment and rates of women currently working in STEM fields. The trailblazing women profiled include well-known figures like primatologist Jane Goodall, as well as lesser-known pioneers such as Katherine Johnson, the African-American physicist and mathematician who calculated the trajectory of the 1969 Apollo 11 mission to the moon.

Women in Science celebrates the achievements of the intrepid women who have paved the way for the next generation of female engineers, biologists, mathematicians, doctors, astronauts, physicists, and more!

©2016 Rachel Ignotofsky (P)2019 HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books

Inspiring!

This book is an excellent introduction to the stories of 50 exceptional women who faced enormous challenges, but persevered and triumphed due to their love of science. The book encouraged me to read further about several of the women whose lives I found especially interesting and uplifting.

No detail

I learned more reading the Wikipedia pages on these scientists then listening to this book

Should be Mandatory Reading for Everyone

There are still many people in our world who believe that women are substandard in every way. It's more about grabbing power on every level than it is about gender. People oppress other people because of some characteristic-- gender, ethnicity, class-- so they can control everything. It's greed. But the more people who understand that anybody could be an important person, the better our society would function. This book would help anybody overcome misogyny or chauvinism. That's why it's so important to know that intellectual genius can occur in anyone regardless of their gender.