Name one of the groundbreaking women of history--without Marie Curie. It can be hard, can't it?
There's Lise Meitner, the physicist who discovered nuclear fission. Her work earned the Nobel Prize--for her male lab partner, since the award committee could not believe that a woman was capable of such discoveries.
That's just one example; there are many more in Janice Kaplan's book . From women of the past, like Mozart's talented but married-off sister Maria Anna Mozart, to Meg Urry, current-day NASA physicist, there are many inspiring stories of women of great talents. The author shares them in this visit.