Nobel Women in Science: Their Lives, Struggles, and Momentous Discoveries, 2nd Edition

摘要

At first glance, Sharon Bertsch McGrayne's book, Nobel Women in Science is a grand collection of biographies of 15 outstanding women scientists. Of these, ten have won a Nobel Prize and the remaining five arguably should have won for their substantial contributions to the body of work that led to someone else's prize. The book's subtitle, Their Struggles and Momentous Discoveries, hints at McGrayne's central, deeper question: "Why so few women?" In a compact but compelling Chapter 1, McGrayne summarizes the complex and varied reasons for the dearth of women at the highest levels of scentific achievement. Perhaps more valuable is her summary of why these women perserved in the face of tremendous obstacles: this list may contain a few surprises. Did you known that only two universities are associated with the six American women Nobles?