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From the ancient world to the present women have been critical to the progress of science, yet their importance is overlooked, their stories lost, distorted, or actively suppressed. Forces of Nature sets the record straight and charts the fascinating history of women's discoveries in science. In the ancient and medieval world, women served as royal physicians and nurses, taught mathematics, studied the stars, and practiced midwifery. As natural philosophers,...

"A murder in the science lab shatters a woman's satisfyingly quiet life when she decides she must solve the crime herself in this entertaining feel-good mystery. Margaret Finch knows that when she turns fifty-one, the day won't be celebrated. Like every other day, she will follow the same meticulous routine that she's had for the past ten years as Research Assistant II for Roosevelt University's brilliant professor of botany, Dr. Jonathan Deaver....

"From astronomers to zoologists, Science People highlights explorers in a wide range of fields - representing a multicultural mix of genders, races, and nationalities, in walks of life - showing that science is for everyone. It will inspire readers young and old to ask their own questions about the world around them."-- Publisher description.

"When forced to work on a project with your nemesis, it's best to stick to the science. Further research could trigger explosive results. Like an avenging, purple-haired Jedi bringing balance to the mansplained universe, Bee Königswasser lives by a simple code: What would Marie Curie do? If NASA offered her the lead on a neuroengineering project-a literal dream come true after years scraping by on the crumbs of academia-Marie would accept without...

This accessible behind-the-scenes look at being a scientist takes beginning readers on a research boat to the North Pole where they can discover what type of scientist they want to be.

"This fascinating exploration of what scientists did before they were scientists -- whether they were starting small as tinkerers or gazing up at the night sky -- powerfully brings across that the scientists of the future could be practically anyone . . . including you"-- Provided by publisher.

"Written in the form of a 19th-century notebook of ornithological observations, Field Notes from an Extinction follows the life and work of one Ignatius Green, a fictitious English scientist dispatched by the Royal Society to the remote island of Tor Mor off the northern Irish coast. Green, a widower, is single-minded and self-righteous, brilliant and bumbling. He is determined to set the scientific record straight on the mating rituals, feeding and...

When Professor Reese moves in next door, eleven-year-old Jordie enjoys helping her new neighbor take care of her dog and assisting in her laboratory, but she is not sure what to do when the professor goes missing.