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A Heart Afire
Helen Brooke Taussig's Fight against Blue Baby Syndrome, Thalidomide, and Injustice in Medicine
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
How Trailblazing Women Scientists Decoded the Hidden Universe
ISBN: 9780262048316
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 31, 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
The Life of Astronomer Vera Rubin
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
The Remarkable Life of Nanoscience Pioneer Mildred Dresselhaus
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
An Immigrant Biologist in Cold War America
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"
Freeman Dyson's Journey through the Universe
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
A Journey across the Landscape of Strings, Black Holes, and the Multiverse
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
An Astronaut's Story of Invention
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
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.
A Heart Afire
Helen Brooke Taussig's Fight against Blue Baby Syndrome, Thalidomide, and Injustice in Medicine
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
How Trailblazing Women Scientists Decoded the Hidden Universe
ISBN: 9780262048316
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 31, 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
The Life of Astronomer Vera Rubin
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
The Remarkable Life of Nanoscience Pioneer Mildred Dresselhaus
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
An Immigrant Biologist in Cold War America
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"
Freeman Dyson's Journey through the Universe
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
A Journey across the Landscape of Strings, Black Holes, and the Multiverse
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
An Astronaut's Story of Invention
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
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.