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Women in physical science careers

by Jetty Kahn · 1998

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An introduction to the physical sciences precedes biographies of the following women in those fields: France Córdova, Sandra Faber, Shirley Ann Jackson, Marcia McNutt, and Karin Rabe.

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short · 54 pages

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