Biographies: Scientists

Consists of 400 profiles of noteworthy women scientists who began their careers prior to 1950.

Over 300 entries on the American women who have made significant contributions to major fields of scientific endeavor since 1950.

Covers 500 women from antiquity through to the present and from a wide range of disciplines including agriculture, astronomy, biology, botany, earth science, mathematics, medical science, technology and zoology.

Contains biographies of 200 scientists, inventors, and mathematicians.

Presents alphabetized biographical profiles of important contemporary and historic African-Americans in the fields of math, science, and invention. Each entry includes a further reading list.

Provides concise biographical profiles of 195 women throughout history who have made significant contributions in the fields of science and mathematics.