Women in Chemistry: Their Changing Roles from Alchemical Times to the MidTwentieth Century

Discusses the lives and scientific contributions of more than 50 women chemists from antiquity through the present day. Discusses social barriers to formal scientific education of women throughout the centuries, as well as the importance of mentors. Subject areas include crystallography, radioactivity, biochemistry, analytical, and industrial chemistry. Distributed by Oxford U. Press. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.