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Fifty-two inspiring and insightful information of history's brightest female scientists. In 2013, the New York Times released an obituary for Yvonne Brill. It begun: "She made a mean beef stroganoff, adopted her man from job to job, and required eight years off from work to raise three children." It wasn't until the second paragraph that viewers learned why the Times had committed several hundred words to her life: Brill was an excellent rocket scientist who invented a propulsion system to keep marketing communications satellites in orbit, and had recently been honored the Country wide Medal of Technology and Creativity. One of the questions the obituary - and consequent outcry - prompted were, Who will be the role models for today's female researchers, and where can we find the tales that cast them in their true light? Headstrong delivers a powerful, global, and engaging response. Covering Nobel Award winners and major innovators, as well as lesser-known but greatly significant researchers who impact our every day, Rachel Swaby's attractive profiles span decades of courageous thinkers and demonstrate how each one's ideas developed, from their first minute of scientific engagement through the research and discovery that they're best known. This fascinating head to uncovers these 52 women at their finest - while encouraging and inspiring a fresh generation of females to put on their lab jackets.
