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Women in chemistry : lessons from life and the laboratory / a presentation by the Chemical Heritage Foundation ; director, Glenn Holsten ; producers, Chayne Gregg, Hope Krosskove ; writers, Tracey Thompson, Glenn Holsten ; a FreshFly production.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women in chemistry--Biography.
- Women in chemistry.
- Genre:
- Biographical television programs.
- Documentary television programs.
- Made-for-TV movies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (59 minutes)
- Other Title:
- Women in chemistry
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia, PA : Chemical Heritage Foundation, 2013.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- Women in Chemistry: Lessons from Life and the Laboratory profiles the journeys of eight remarkable women whose careers in chemistry have made a significant impact on our world. * Nancy Chang, cofounder and former CEO of the biopharmaceutical firm Tanox; * Uma Chowdhry, retired senior vice president and chief science and technology officer of DuPont; * Mildred Cohn, first female president of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; * Mary L. Good, former president of the American Chemical Society, undersecretary for technology in the U.S. Department of Commerce under President Bill Clinton, and recipient of the Priestley Medal; * Kitty Hach-Darrow, cofounder of the Hach Chemical Company; * Paula Hammond, David H. Koch Professor in engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; * Stephanie Kwolek, former research associate at DuPont and inventor of Kevlar; * Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, founder, chairman, and managing director of Biocon Limited.
- Participant:
- Narrrator: Meghan Murphy.
- Featuring: Stephanie Kwolek, Paula Hammond, Kitty Hach-Darrow, Mary L. Good, Mildred Cohn, Uma Chowdhry, Nancy Chang, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw.
- Notes:
- Title from title screen (viewed December 12, 2022).
- OCLC:
- 1358780453
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