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50 Women in Technology

Beschreibung

Women have fought their way to the top in fields that have been male dominated for years. Yet, they still face challenges. 50 Women in Technology sheds light on the work of forgotten pioneers who defied expectations and includes 25 exclusive interviews with women at the forefront today.

Autor

Georgina is a science writer, biographer, author and broadcaster. She lives in Oxford, UK, and writes about science and scientists past and present. She writes mainly about the life sciences, then and now, and also has a particular interest in women in science. She is fascinated by the lives of scientists and their interactions with the society in which they live. Since 2018 she has made something of a speciality of writing scientific obituaries which include: Dorothy Hodgkin: A Life (Granta 1998); The Common Thread: A story of science, politics, ethics and the human genome with John Sulston (Bantam 2002); A computer called LEO: Lyons Teashops and the world's first office computer (Fourth Estate 2003); Max Perutz and the Secret of Life (Chatto & Windus 2007); EMBO in perspective: A half-century in the life sciences (EMBO 2014)

Produktdetails

• 50 Women in
• Verlag: Aurora Metro Publications
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 165mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 582g
• ISBN-13: 9781913641320
• ISBN-10: 1913641325
• Artikelnr.: 67339866