{"product_id":"9781836432142","title":"A History of Science in 21 Women","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Bigg, Marieke \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Hardback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 03\/09\/2026,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 416 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781836432142,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Ada Lovelace to Florence Nightingale, Rosalind Franklin to Tu Youyou – discover the women who changed science foreverImagine a scientist. White lab coat and goggles… check! A passing resemblance to Albert Einstein… yes, that too. So, most likely it’s a man. However, from radiation to climate change, pulsars to the Earth’s core – women have always stood at the forefront of scientific discovery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLearn how Ada Lovelace’s tumultuous upbringing created the first computer programmer. Join Marie Curie as she discovers two elements and earns two Nobel prizes, all before the age of forty-five. Learn how Katherine Johnson launched the first American into space – defiant in the face of institutional racism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA timely addition to the growing global conversation around the future of science – and who gets to shape it – A History of Science in 21 Women is a paradigm-shifting exploration of the scientists who history tried, and failed, to brush under the carpet, and why their stories still matter today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57412245127541,"sku":"9781836432142","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9781836432142.jpg?v=1785225453","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9781836432142","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}