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The Resource Women scientists : reflections, challenges, and breaking boundaries, Magdolna Hargittai

Women scientists : reflections, challenges, and breaking boundaries, Magdolna Hargittai

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Author
Summary
Magdolna Hargittai uses over fifteen years of in-depth conversation with female physicists, chemists, biomedical researchers, and other scientists to form cohesive ideas on the state of the modern female scientist. The compilation, based on sixty conversations, examines unique challenges that women with serious scientific aspirations face. In addition to addressing challenges and the unjustifiable underrepresentation of women at the higher levels of academia, Hargittai takes a balanced approach by discussing how some of the most successful of these women have managed to obtain professional success and personal happiness. Women Scientists portrays scientists from different backgrounds, different geographical regions--eighteen countries from four continents--and leaders from a variety of professional backgrounds, including eight Nobel laureate women. The book is divided into three sections: "Husband and Wife Teams," "Women at the Top," and "In High Positions." Hargittai uses her own experience to introduce her first section on the lives of prominent scientific couples and addresses the joys and disadvantages of husband and wife teams. The second section is a comprehensive exploration of the struggles and triumphs of "women at the top." Hargittai introduces women from countries where relatively little has been written about female scientists. The final section focuses on women scientists involved with science administration and leadership. Hargittai's biographical sketches role models for budding scientists. The book is a much needed account of female presence and influence in the sciences.--Publisher website
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
xiii, 363 pages
Contents
  • Husband and wife teams
  • The Curie "Dynasty"
  • Gerty and Carl Cori
  • Ilona Banga and József Baló
  • Rita and John W. Cornforth
  • Jane M. and Donald J. Cram
  • Mildred and Gene Dresselhaus
  • Gertrude Scharff and Maurice Goldhaber
  • Isabella and Jerome Karle
  • Eva and George Klein
  • Sylvy and Arthur Kornberg
  • Militza N. Lyubimova and Vladimir A. Engelhardt
  • Ida and Walter Noddack
  • Further comments
  • At the top
  • Jocelyn Bell Burnell
  • Yvonne Brill
  • Mildred Cohn
  • Gertrude B. Elion
  • Mary Gaillard
  • Maria Goeppert Mayer
  • Darleane C. Hoffman
  • Vilma Hugonnai
  • Frances Oldham Kelsey
  • Olga Kennard
  • Reiko Kuroda
  • Nicole M. Le Douarin
  • Rita Levi-Montalcini
  • Jennifer L. McKimm-Breschkin
  • Anne McLaren
  • Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard
  • Sigrid Peyerimhoff
  • Miriam Rothschild
  • Vera C. Rubin
  • Margarita Salas
  • Myriam P. Sarachik
  • Marit Traetteberg
  • Chien-Shiung Wu
  • Rosalyn Yalow
  • Ada Yonath
  • Women scientists in Russia
  • Irina P. Beletskaya
  • Rakhil Kh. Freidlina
  • Elena G. Galpern
  • Irina G. Goryacheva
  • Antonina F. Prikhotko
  • Women scientists in India
  • Charusita Chakravarty
  • Rohini Godbole
  • Shobhana Narasimhan
  • Sulabha Pathak
  • Riddhi Shah
  • Shobhona Sharma
  • Vidita Vaidya
  • Further comments
  • Women scientists in Turkey
  • Sezer Șener Komsuoǧlu
  • Gülsün Saǧlamer
  • Ayhan Ulubelen
  • In high positions
  • Catherine Bréchignac
  • France A. Cordova
  • Marye Anne Fox
  • Kerstin Fredga
  • Claudie Haigneré
  • Helena Illnerová
  • Chulabhorn Mahidol
  • Pamela Matson
  • Kathleen Ollerenshaw
  • Marianne Popp
  • Maxine F. Singer
  • Natalia Tarasova
  • Shirley M. Tilghman
  • Final thoughts
Isbn
9780199359981
Instance
Label
Women scientists : reflections, challenges, and breaking boundaries
Title
Women scientists
Title remainder
reflections, challenges, and breaking boundaries
Statement of responsibility
Magdolna Hargittai
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
Magdolna Hargittai uses over fifteen years of in-depth conversation with female physicists, chemists, biomedical researchers, and other scientists to form cohesive ideas on the state of the modern female scientist. The compilation, based on sixty conversations, examines unique challenges that women with serious scientific aspirations face. In addition to addressing challenges and the unjustifiable underrepresentation of women at the higher levels of academia, Hargittai takes a balanced approach by discussing how some of the most successful of these women have managed to obtain professional success and personal happiness. Women Scientists portrays scientists from different backgrounds, different geographical regions--eighteen countries from four continents--and leaders from a variety of professional backgrounds, including eight Nobel laureate women. The book is divided into three sections: "Husband and Wife Teams," "Women at the Top," and "In High Positions." Hargittai uses her own experience to introduce her first section on the lives of prominent scientific couples and addresses the joys and disadvantages of husband and wife teams. The second section is a comprehensive exploration of the struggles and triumphs of "women at the top." Hargittai introduces women from countries where relatively little has been written about female scientists. The final section focuses on women scientists involved with science administration and leadership. Hargittai's biographical sketches role models for budding scientists. The book is a much needed account of female presence and influence in the sciences.--Publisher website
Biography type
collective biography
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Hargittai, Magdolna
Dewey number
509.2/52
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
LC call number
Q130
LC item number
.H376 2015
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
NLM call number
  • 2015 G-058
  • Q 141
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Women scientists
  • Scientists
  • Science
  • Women
  • Scientists
  • Women scientists
  • Kvinnliga vetenskapsmän
  • Vetenskapsmän
  • Vetenskap
  • Forskare
  • Pionjärer
  • Gifta kvinnor
  • Science
  • Researchers
  • Pioneers
  • Married women
  • Naturwissenschaftlerin
  • Wissenschaftlerin
Label
Women scientists : reflections, challenges, and breaking boundaries, Magdolna Hargittai
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Husband and wife teams -- The Curie "Dynasty" -- Gerty and Carl Cori -- Ilona Banga and József Baló -- Rita and John W. Cornforth -- Jane M. and Donald J. Cram -- Mildred and Gene Dresselhaus -- Gertrude Scharff and Maurice Goldhaber -- Isabella and Jerome Karle -- Eva and George Klein -- Sylvy and Arthur Kornberg -- Militza N. Lyubimova and Vladimir A. Engelhardt -- Ida and Walter Noddack -- Further comments -- At the top -- Jocelyn Bell Burnell -- Yvonne Brill -- Mildred Cohn -- Gertrude B. Elion -- Mary Gaillard -- Maria Goeppert Mayer -- Darleane C. Hoffman -- Vilma Hugonnai -- Frances Oldham Kelsey -- Olga Kennard -- Reiko Kuroda -- Nicole M. Le Douarin -- Rita Levi-Montalcini -- Jennifer L. McKimm-Breschkin -- Anne McLaren -- Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard -- Sigrid Peyerimhoff -- Miriam Rothschild -- Vera C. Rubin -- Margarita Salas -- Myriam P. Sarachik -- Marit Traetteberg -- Chien-Shiung Wu -- Rosalyn Yalow -- Ada Yonath -- Women scientists in Russia -- Irina P. Beletskaya -- Rakhil Kh. Freidlina -- Elena G. Galpern -- Irina G. Goryacheva -- Antonina F. Prikhotko -- Women scientists in India -- Charusita Chakravarty -- Rohini Godbole -- Shobhana Narasimhan -- Sulabha Pathak -- Riddhi Shah -- Shobhona Sharma -- Vidita Vaidya -- Further comments -- Women scientists in Turkey -- Sezer Șener Komsuoǧlu -- Gülsün Saǧlamer -- Ayhan Ulubelen -- In high positions -- Catherine Bréchignac -- France A. Cordova -- Marye Anne Fox -- Kerstin Fredga -- Claudie Haigneré -- Helena Illnerová -- Chulabhorn Mahidol -- Pamela Matson -- Kathleen Ollerenshaw -- Marianne Popp -- Maxine F. Singer -- Natalia Tarasova -- Shirley M. Tilghman -- Final thoughts
Control code
ocn884500448
Dimensions
25 cm
Extent
xiii, 363 pages
Isbn
9780199359981
Lccn
2014028839
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other control number
40024708159
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
  • (Sirsi) i9780199359981
  • (OCoLC)884500448
Label
Women scientists : reflections, challenges, and breaking boundaries, Magdolna Hargittai
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Husband and wife teams -- The Curie "Dynasty" -- Gerty and Carl Cori -- Ilona Banga and József Baló -- Rita and John W. Cornforth -- Jane M. and Donald J. Cram -- Mildred and Gene Dresselhaus -- Gertrude Scharff and Maurice Goldhaber -- Isabella and Jerome Karle -- Eva and George Klein -- Sylvy and Arthur Kornberg -- Militza N. Lyubimova and Vladimir A. Engelhardt -- Ida and Walter Noddack -- Further comments -- At the top -- Jocelyn Bell Burnell -- Yvonne Brill -- Mildred Cohn -- Gertrude B. Elion -- Mary Gaillard -- Maria Goeppert Mayer -- Darleane C. Hoffman -- Vilma Hugonnai -- Frances Oldham Kelsey -- Olga Kennard -- Reiko Kuroda -- Nicole M. Le Douarin -- Rita Levi-Montalcini -- Jennifer L. McKimm-Breschkin -- Anne McLaren -- Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard -- Sigrid Peyerimhoff -- Miriam Rothschild -- Vera C. Rubin -- Margarita Salas -- Myriam P. Sarachik -- Marit Traetteberg -- Chien-Shiung Wu -- Rosalyn Yalow -- Ada Yonath -- Women scientists in Russia -- Irina P. Beletskaya -- Rakhil Kh. Freidlina -- Elena G. Galpern -- Irina G. Goryacheva -- Antonina F. Prikhotko -- Women scientists in India -- Charusita Chakravarty -- Rohini Godbole -- Shobhana Narasimhan -- Sulabha Pathak -- Riddhi Shah -- Shobhona Sharma -- Vidita Vaidya -- Further comments -- Women scientists in Turkey -- Sezer Șener Komsuoǧlu -- Gülsün Saǧlamer -- Ayhan Ulubelen -- In high positions -- Catherine Bréchignac -- France A. Cordova -- Marye Anne Fox -- Kerstin Fredga -- Claudie Haigneré -- Helena Illnerová -- Chulabhorn Mahidol -- Pamela Matson -- Kathleen Ollerenshaw -- Marianne Popp -- Maxine F. Singer -- Natalia Tarasova -- Shirley M. Tilghman -- Final thoughts
Control code
ocn884500448
Dimensions
25 cm
Extent
xiii, 363 pages
Isbn
9780199359981
Lccn
2014028839
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other control number
40024708159
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
  • (Sirsi) i9780199359981
  • (OCoLC)884500448

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