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Rachel Swabyis a freelance journalist. Her work has appeared in the Runner's World,Wired,O, The Oprah Magazine,New Yorker.com,Afar, and others. She is a senior editor atLongshotmagazine, the editor-in-chief ofThe Connective- Issue 1, a former research editor atWired, and a past presenter atPop-Upmagazine. She lives in Brooklyn. www.rachelswaby.com
Rachel Swaby's fine, smart look at women in science is a much-needed corrective to the record--a deftly balanced field guide to the overlooked (Hilde Mangold), the marginalized (Rosalind Franklin), the unexpected (Hedy Lamarr), the pioneering (Ada Lovelace), and the still-controversial (Rachel Carson). Swaby reminds us that science, like the rest of life, is a team sport played by both genders. --William Souder, author of On a Farther Shore and Under a Wild Sky Although many of these women may not be familiar names outside their courses of study, the author's spadework should bring them to the forefront, allowing the general public to learn about the females who pushed beyond sexist attitudes to undertake and achieve success in a male-dominated arena. These short accounts should inspire girls who want to study science to follow their dreams....succinct and informative. --Kirkus Reviews [W]omen just don't get the encouragement they need and deserve to pursue careers in science. Here's a handy book to help encourage young women to put themselves on the scitech path, with profiles of 52 women from Nobel Prize winners to major innovators and more who have made a difference in science. --Library Journal
