Notable Women in the Life Sciences: A Biographical Dictionary
- ISBN-10
- 0313293023
- ISBN-13
- 9780313293023
- Category
- Life sciences
- Pages
- 440
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1996
- Publisher
- Greenwood
- Authors
- Benjamin F. Shearer, Barbara Smith Shearer
Description
Presents biographial essays on ninety-seven women scientists who have contributed to the life sciences from antiquity to the present
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