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My first DNF in years

Headstrong: 52 Women Who Changed Science - and the World by Rachel Swaby

June 21, 2019 by Malin Leave a Comment

From Goodreads: Fifty-two inspiring and insightful profiles of history’s brightest female scientists. In 2013, the New York Times published an obituary for Yvonne Brill. It began: “She made a mean beef stroganoff, followed her husband from job to job, and took eight years off from work to raise three children.” It wasn’t until the second paragraph that readers discovered why the Times had devoted several hundred words to her life: Brill was a brilliant rocket scientist who invented a propulsion system to keep communications satellites […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #biography, cbr11, DNF, feminism, Headstrong, Malin, non fiction, Rachel Swaby, science, technology

Malin's CBR11 Review No:30 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: #biography, cbr11, DNF, feminism, Headstrong, Malin, non fiction, Rachel Swaby, science, technology ·
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