Download or read book Notable Women in the Physical Sciences written by Benjamin F. Shearer and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1997-04-30 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each entry provides a fact box outlining major life events and career milestones and concludes with sources for further reading. Forty-seven photographs complement the text. Disciplines covered include astronomy, astrophysics, bacteriology, biochemistry, biophysics, cancer researh, chemistry, nuclear physics, and physics.