Sharon Bertsch McGrayne

6 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 • first pub 2020 (editions)

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 • first pub 1993 (editions)

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 • first pub 2001 (editions)

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 • missing pub info (editions)

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 • first pub 2000 (editions)

informative reflective medium-paced
365 Surprising Scientific Facts, Breakthroughs, and Discoveries by Sharon Bertsch McGrayne

365 Surprising Scientific Facts, Breakthroughs, and Discoveries

Sharon Bertsch McGrayne

229 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction reference science informative medium-paced