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Description:From the identification of the Horsehead Nebula to the creation of the computer program, from the development of in vitro fertilisation to the detection of pulsars, A Passion for Science: Stories of Discovery and Invention brings together inspiring stories of how we achieved some of the most important breakthroughs in science and technology.But it’s not just the inventors and the pioneers whose stories we hear in this volume, we also hear about the equally important users of technology: The Polish radio girl who risked her life in World War II to feed intelligence to the resistance via her illegal radio set, and the family of refugees who fled to the UK and whose most treasured possession was a sewing machine. This might be everyday technology, but these are not everyday stories.Only one thing unites these stories, whether it is the ground-breaking use of scuba diving to study sharks, or the remarkable posse of ‘Trowelblazers’ spearheading the study of archaeology, geology and palaeontology — all our protagonists are women.Find out about scuba-diving ichthyologist Eugenie Clarke, known as The Shark Lady, and Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell, whose discovery revolutionised our understanding of how stars could behave. We also hear about Chien-Shiung Wu whose decision to study physics in America just prior to World War II had not just a profound effect on her life but also on the success of the Manhattan Project, and Joan Feynman, whose work on the solar wind not only helps explain auroras, it is also still used by the satellite industry. And, of course, no FindingAda.com book would be complete without a look Ada Lovelace herself, the first computer programmer and mother of computer science.Frequently unsung, often underpaid and under-appreciated, and sometimes misrepresented, these women defied social convention and endemic sexism to excel. They persevered, even when the outlook was bleak and the barriers were high, and they achieved greatness. Available only from http://findingada.com/book/We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A Passion for Science: Stories of Discovery and Invention. To get started finding A Passion for Science: Stories of Discovery and Invention, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Publisher: Finding Ada

Release: 2013

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Description: From the identification of the Horsehead Nebula to the creation of the computer program, from the development of in vitro fertilisation to the detection of pulsars, A Passion for Science: Stories of Discovery and Invention brings together inspiring stories of how we achieved some of the most important breakthroughs in science and technology.But it’s not just the inventors and the pioneers whose stories we hear in this volume, we also hear about the equally important users of technology: The Polish radio girl who risked her life in World War II to feed intelligence to the resistance via her illegal radio set, and the family of refugees who fled to the UK and whose most treasured possession was a sewing machine. This might be everyday technology, but these are not everyday stories.Only one thing unites these stories, whether it is the ground-breaking use of scuba diving to study sharks, or the remarkable posse of ‘Trowelblazers’ spearheading the study of archaeology, geology and palaeontology — all our protagonists are women.Find out about scuba-diving ichthyologist Eugenie Clarke, known as The Shark Lady, and Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell, whose discovery revolutionised our understanding of how stars could behave. We also hear about Chien-Shiung Wu whose decision to study physics in America just prior to World War II had not just a profound effect on her life but also on the success of the Manhattan Project, and Joan Feynman, whose work on the solar wind not only helps explain auroras, it is also still used by the satellite industry. And, of course, no FindingAda.com book would be complete without a look Ada Lovelace herself, the first computer programmer and mother of computer science.Frequently unsung, often underpaid and under-appreciated, and sometimes misrepresented, these women defied social convention and endemic sexism to excel. They persevered, even when the outlook was bleak and the barriers were high, and they achieved greatness. Available only from http://findingada.com/book/We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A Passion for Science: Stories of Discovery and Invention. To get started finding A Passion for Science: Stories of Discovery and Invention, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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