Her space, her time : how trailblazing women scientists decoded the hidden universe / Shohini Ghose.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Finding Space: Stellar Decoders Who Cataloged the Universe : Annie Jump Cannon, Anna Draper, Williamina Fleming, Antonia Maury, Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, and the Women of the Harvard College Observatory -- About Time: Discoverers of the Big Bang : Henrietta Leavitt and Margaret Burbidge -- Escape Velocity: Pathfinders in Space Exploration : Mary Golda Ross, Joyce Neighbors, Dilhan Eryurt, Claudia Alexander, and the Women Who Powered NASA's Space Program -- A Matter of Choice: Radioactivity Researchers : Harriet Brooks and Marie Sklodowska-Curie -- Binding Energy: The Atom Splitter : Lise Meitner -- Forces of Nature: the Subatomic Photographers : Marietta Blau, Hertha Wambacher, Bibha Chowdhuri, and Elisa Frota-Pessoa -- Asymmetry: Nature's Rulebreakers : Maria Mitchell, Vera Rubin, Wu Chien-Shiung, and the Women of the Atomic Age.

"Her Space, Her Time shares the stories of women in physics and astronomy whose work expanded scientific understanding yet whose accomplishments are largely overlooked--creating a thrilling account of scientific discovery, inspirational leadership and persistence in the face of overwhelming challenges. In shaping her narrative around the science that fascinated them and the social context in which they worked, award-winning quantum physicist Shohini Ghose champions these remarkable women's contributions, which loom even larger given the misogyny and discrimination they faced. Ghose's canvas stretches from the 19th century to the present and includes many women whose work led to Nobel Prizes that were ultimately awarded to men. Among this list of impressive scientists: Henrietta Leavitt and Margaret Burbidge, who helped discover the big bang and the cosmic calendar; Anigaduwagi (Cherokee) aerospace scientist Mary Golda Ross, who helped make the Moon landings possible; atom splitter Lise Meitner; Bibha Chowdhuri, who discovered two fundamental particles; and Harriet Brooks--a Canadian physicist whose impact on radioactivity research was compared to Marie Curie's, but who felt that marriage, not science, was the choice she had to make. Engaging and inspirational, Her Space, Her Time is threaded through with Ghose's own experiences in science--women in STEM still face the same kind of challenges her subjects encountered--and driven by the imperative to make the invisible visible, ensuring that the names of these women who pursued science against all odds will never be forgotten."--Provided by publisher.