Swaby, Rachel.
Headstrong : 52 women who changed science-- and the world / Rachel Swaby.
"Covering Nobel Prize winners and major innovators, as well as lesser-known but hugely significant scientists who influence our every day, Rachel Swaby's ... profiles span centuries of courageous thinkers and illustrate how each one's ideas developed, from their first moment of scientific engagement through the research and discovery for which they're best known"--Page 4 of cover.
Women scientists -- Biography.
Women astronomers -- Biography.
Women physicians -- Biography.
Women biologists -- Biography.
Women physicists -- Biography.
Women mathematicians -- Biography.