Sharon Bertsch McGrayne

7 books

A Lab of One's Own: One Woman's Personal Journey Through Sexism in Science by Rita Colwell, Sharon Bertsch McGrayne

A Lab of One's Own: One Woman's Personal Journey Through Sexism in Science

Rita Colwell, Sharon Bertsch McGrayne

288 pages • 2020

nonfiction feminism memoir science informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
Nobel Prize Women in Science: Their Lives, Struggles, and Momentous Discoveries by Sharon Bertsch McGrayne

Nobel Prize Women in Science: Their Lives, Struggles, and Momentous Discoveries

Sharon Bertsch McGrayne

419 pages • 1993

nonfiction biography history science challenging informative inspiring slow-paced
Prometheans in the Lab: Chemistry and the Making of the Modern World by Sharon Bertsch McGrayne

Prometheans in the Lab: Chemistry and the Making of the Modern World

Sharon Bertsch McGrayne

224 pages • 2001

nonfiction history science challenging informative medium-paced
The Theory That Would Not Die: How Bayes' Rule Cracked the Enigma Code, Hunted Down Russian Submarines, and Emerged Triumphant from Two Centuries of Controversy by Sharon Bertsch McGrayne

The Theory That Would Not Die: How Bayes' Rule Cracked the Enigma Code, Hunted Down Russian Submarines, and Emerged Triumphant from Two Centuries of Controversy

Sharon Bertsch McGrayne

336 pages

nonfiction history mathematics science informative slow-paced
Iron, Nature's Universal Element: Why People Need Iron and Animals Make Magnets by Eugenie Vorburger Mielczarek, Sharon Bertsch McGrayne

Iron, Nature's Universal Element: Why People Need Iron and Animals Make Magnets

Eugenie Vorburger Mielczarek, Sharon Bertsch McGrayne

224 pages • 2000

informative reflective medium-paced
Prometheans in the Lab by Sharon Bertsch McGrayne, Sharon Bertsch McGrayne

Prometheans in the Lab

Sharon Bertsch McGrayne, Sharon Bertsch McGrayne

missing page info • 2001

challenging informative slow-paced
365 Surprising Scientific Facts, Breakthroughs, and Discoveries by Sharon Bertsch McGrayne

365 Surprising Scientific Facts, Breakthroughs, and Discoveries

Sharon Bertsch McGrayne

229 pages • paperback

nonfiction reference science informative medium-paced