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        A Heart Afire

        A Heart Afire

        A Heart Afire

        Helen Brooke Taussig's Battle Against Heart Defects, Unsafe Drugs, and Injustice in Medicine

        by Patricia Meisol

        ISBN: 9780262048521

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: December 12, 2023

        A deeply compelling biography of the pioneering children's heart doctor Helen Taussig, who helped start heart surgery and became a global force against preventable suffering.
        Her Space, Her Time

        Her Space, Her Time

        Her Space, Her Time

        How Trailblazing Women Scientists Decoded the Hidden Universe

        by Shohini Ghose

        ISBN: 9780262048316

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: October 17, 2023

        An exciting new title in the vein of Hidden Figures, which tells the inspiring stories of long-overlooked women physicists and astronomers who discovered the fundamental rules of the universe and reshaped the rules of society.
        Bright Galaxies, Dark Matter, and Beyond

        Bright Galaxies, Dark Matter, and Beyond

        Bright Galaxies, Dark Matter, and Beyond

        The Life of Astronomer Vera Rubin

        by Ashley Jean Yeager

        ISBN: 9780262547239

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: August 15, 2023

        How Vera Rubin convinced the scientific community that dark matter might exist, persevering despite early dismissals of her work.
        Carbon Queen

        Carbon Queen

        Carbon Queen

        The Remarkable Life of Nanoscience Pioneer Mildred Dresselhaus

        by Maia Weinstock

        ISBN: 9780262545976

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: March 7, 2023

        The life of trailblazing physicist Mildred Dresselhaus, who expanded our understanding of the physical world.
        Salvador Luria

        Salvador Luria

        Salvador Luria

        An Immigrant Biologist in Cold War America

        by Rena Selya

        ISBN: 9780262046466

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: October 25, 2022

        The life of Nobel-winning biologist Salvador Luria, whose passion for science was equaled by his commitment to political engagement in Cold War America.
        "Well, Doc, You’re In"

        "Well, Doc, You're In"

        "Well, Doc, You're In"

        Freeman Dyson's Journey through the Universe

        Edited by David Kaiser

        ISBN: 9780262047340

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: October 25, 2022

        The life and work of Freeman Dyson—renowned scientist, visionary, and iconoclast—and his particular way of thinking about deep questions.
        Memories of a Theoretical Physicist

        Memories of a Theoretical Physicist

        Memories of a Theoretical Physicist

        A Journey across the Landscape of Strings, Black Holes, and the Multiverse

        by Joseph Polchinski

        Edited by Ahmed Almheiri

        Foreword by Andrew Strominger

        ISBN: 9780262543446

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: May 24, 2022

        A groundbreaking theoretical physicist traces his career, reflecting on the successes and failures, triumphs and insecurities of a life cut short by cancer.
        Handprints on Hubble

        Handprints on Hubble

        Handprints on Hubble

        An Astronaut's Story of Invention

        by Kathryn D. Sullivan

        ISBN: 9780262539647

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: December 1, 2020

        The first American woman to walk in space recounts her experience as part of the team that launched, rescued, repaired, and maintained the Hubble Space Telescope.
        The Autobiography of a Transgender Scientist

        The Autobiography of a Transgender Scientist

        The Autobiography of a Transgender Scientist

        by Ben Barres

        Foreword by Nancy Hopkins

        ISBN: 9780262539548

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: October 20, 2020

        A leading scientist describes his life, his gender transition, his scientific work, and his advocacy for gender equality in science.
        Beyond Bakelite

        Beyond Bakelite

        Beyond Bakelite

        Leo Baekeland and the Business of Science and Invention

        by Joris Mercelis

        ISBN: 9780262538695

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: March 17, 2020

        The changing relationships between science and industry in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, illustrated by the career of the “father of plastics.”
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