Women in Chemistry: Their Changing Roles from Alchemical Times to the Mid-twentieth Century

Women in Chemistry: Their Changing Roles from Alchemical Times to the Mid-twentieth Century
ISBN-10
0941901270
ISBN-13
9780941901277
Series
Women in Chemistry
Category
Chemistry
Pages
284
Language
English
Published
1998
Publisher
Chemical Heritage Foundation
Authors
Geoffrey Rayner-Canham, Marelene F. Rayner-Canham

Description

Discusses the lives and scientific contributions of more than fifty women chemists from antiquity through the present day.

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