The women of the moon : tales of science, love, sorrow, and courage / Daniel R. Altschuler, Fernando J. Ballesteros.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Altschuler, Daniel R., author.

Ballesteros, Fernando J., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women in science.

Women scientists.

Lunar craters.

Physical Description:

x, 299 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2019.

Summary:

"Detailed accounts of the lives and achievements of the 28 women who each have a crater on the Moon named in their honour."--Publisher's website.

Contents:

Understanding the Moon

Lunar Nomenclature

Hypatia of Alexandria (355 or 370-415)

Catherine of Alexandria (~287-~305)

Nicole-Reine de la Briere Lepaute (1723-1788)

Caroline Lucretia Herschel (1750-1848)

Mary Fairfax Greig Somerville (1780-1872)

Anne Sheepshanks (1789-1876)

Catherine Wolfe Bruce (1816-1900)

Maria Mitchell (1818-1889)

Agnes Mary Clerke (1842-1907)

Sofia Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya (1850-1891)

Annie Scott Dill Russell Maunder (1868-1947)

Williamina Paton Fleming (1857-1911)

Annie Jump Cannon (1863-1941)

Antonia Maury (1866-1952)

Henrietta Leavitt (1868-1921)

Mary Adela Blagg (1858-1944)

Mary A. Proctor (1862-1957)

Marie Sk?odowska-Curie (1867-1934)

Lise Meitner (1878-1968)

Amalie Emmy Noether (1882-1935)

Louise Freeland Jenkins (1888-1970)

Priscilla Fairfield Bok (1896-1975)

Gerty Theresa Radnitz Cori (1896-1957)

Judith Arlene Resnik (1949-1986)

Sharon Christa McAuliffe (1948-1986)

Kalpana Chawla (1962-2003)

Laurel Blair Salton Clark (1961-2003)

Valentina Vladimirovna Nikolayeva Tereshkova (1937-).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0198844417

9780198844419

OCLC:

1082354804