A gloriously illustrated celebration of trailblazing women. Women in Science highlights the contributions of fifty notable women to the STEM fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, from both the ancient and modern worlds. The book also contains fascinating infographics and an illustrated scientific glossary.

The extraordinary women profiled include well-known figures like the physicist and chemist Marie Curie, as well as lesser-known pioneers such as Katherine Johnson, the African-American mathematician who calculated the trajectory of the Apollo 11 mission to the moon.

Women in Science celebrates the achievements of the intrepid women who have paved the way for the next generation of female engineers, biologists, mathematicians, doctors, astronauts, physicists and beyond ...

There are 128 pages in this book. This book was published 2017 by Hachette Children's Group .

Rachel Ignotofsky is a New York Times bestselling author and illustrator who is proud to share stories of amazing women with the world. She grew up in New Jersey, USA on a healthy diet of cartoons and dessert before graduating with honours from the Tyler School of Art's graphic design programme in 2011. Now Rachel lives in beautiful Missouri, USA, where she spends all day drawing and learning as much as she can. She has a passion for taking dense information and making it fun and accessible, and is dedicated to creating educational works of art.

This book has the following chapters:

• 6: Introduction
• 8: Hypatia
• 10: Maria Sibylla Merian
• 12: Wang Zhenyi
• 14: Mary Anning
• 16: Ada Lovelace
• 18: Elizabeth Blackwell
• 20: Hertha Ayrton
• 22: Karen Horney
• 24: Nettie Stevens
• 26: Florence Bascom
• 28: Marie Curie
• 30: Mary Agnes Chase
• 32: Timeline
• 34: Lise Meitner
• 36: Lillian Gilbreth
• 38: Emmy Noether
• 40: Edith Clarke
• 42: Marjory Stoneman Douglas
• 44: Alice Ball
• 46: Gerty Cori
• 48: Joan Beauchamp Procter
• 50: Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
• 52: Barbara McClintock
• 54: Maria Goeppert-Mayer
• 56: Grace Hopper
• 58: Rachel Carson
• 60: Lab tools
• 62: Rita Levi-Montalcini
• 64: Dorothy Hodgkin
• 66: Chien-Shiung Wu
• 68: Hedy Lamarr
• 70: Mamie Phipps Clark
• 72: Gertrude Elion
• 74: Katherine Johnson
• 76: Jane Cooke Wright
• 78: Rosalind Franklin
• 80: Rosalyn Yalow
• 82: Esther Lederberg
• 84: Statistics in STEM
• 86: Vera Rubin
• 88: Annie Easley
• 90: Jane Goodall
• 92: Sylvia Earle
• 94: Valentina Tereshkova
• 96: Patricia Bath
• 98: Christiane Nusslein-Volhard
• 100: Jocelyn Bell Burnell
• 102: Sau Lan Wu
• 104: Elizabeth Blackburn
• 106: Katia Krafft
• 108: Mae Jemison
• 110: May-Britt Moser
• 112: Maryam Mirzakhani
• 114: More women in science
• 116: Conclusion
• 118: Glossary
• 120: Sources
• 122: Acknowledgements
• 124: About the author
• 126: Index