African American Women Chemists in the Modern Era focuses on contemporary women who have benefited from the Civil Rights Act and are now working as chemists or chemical engineers.

Biographical essays on 23 women who worked in atomic science during the first two decades of the 20th century, including Marie Curie, Lise Meitner, Irene Joliot-Curie, and a host of lesser-known women scientists whose life stories have never been told before.

This book is the hidden history of the women whose contributions to the burgeoning field of astronomy forever changed our understanding of the stars and our place in the universe.

When Fay Ajzenberg-Selove became a nuclear physicist, the number of women in the field could be counted on one hand.

This book provides a description of the women who made original and important contributions to physics in the twentieth century, documenting their major discoveries and putting their work into its historical context.

The history of pioneer radio astronomer Ruby Payne-Scott