Rachel Swaby
Autore di Headstrong: 52 Women Who Changed Science and the World
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Rachel Swaby is a freelance journalist. Her work has appeared in Wired; O, The Oprah Magazine; NewYorker.com; Afar; and others. She is a senior editor at Longshot magazine, the editor in chief of The Connective: Issue 1, a former research editor at Wired, and a past presenter at Pop-Up magazine. mostra altro She lives in Brooklyn. www.rachelswaby.com mostra meno
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- Nome canonico
- Swaby, Rachel
- Data di nascita
- 1982-04-12
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- female
- Nazionalità
- USA
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- 3.8
- Recensioni
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- ISBN
- 20
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I was also surprised by the fact, at the very least, Marie Curie wasn't included. I'm not sure what criteria Swaby used to choose the women however so I'm sure there was a reason. Also, as another reviewer mentioned, this was heavily Caucasian centric. Again, I'm not into science so maybe the field is heavily skewed towards white women, but it seemed...odd.
Regardless this would make for a good recommendation to a young girl interested in science. There's a good accounting for all the kinds of sciences to act as a jumping off point for further discussion or research.… (altro)