Why, when girls outstrip boys in exams, are there still so few women in the top levels of science? Why have women been excluded and is there still discrimination? Acclaimed science writer and children's author Patricia Fara investigates science past and present to find the answers. She examines women scientists' struggle against unequal opportunities, and shows how they have succeeded despite the obstacles stacked against them. The renowned names are here ? Marie Curie, Florence Nightingale, Rosalind Franklin ? but Scientists Anonymous also reveals the forgotten contributions of many other dedicated and brilliant women. Combining history, science and biography, Fara presents the stories of female explorers, mathematicians, astronomers and chemists from all over the world.

 

There are 224 pages in this book. This book was published 2007 by Icon Books Ltd .

Patricia Fara is a Fellow of Clare College at the University of Cambridge and works in the university's History and Philosophy of Science Department. An acclaimed author of adult popular science, she also wrote the first ever book on computers for children.