Table of Contents

1 Front Matter; 2 1 A Passion for Discovery; 3 2 Marie Sklodowska Curie; 4 3 Lise Meitner; 5 4 Emmy Noether; 6 5 Gerty Radnitz Cori; 7 6 Irene Joliot-Curie; 8 7 Barbara McClintock; 9 8 Maria Goeppert Mayer; 10 9 Rita Levi-Montalcini; 11 10 Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin; 12 11 Chien-Shiung Wu; 13 12 Gertrude Belle Elion; 14 13 Rosalind Elsie Franklin; 15 14 Rosalyn Sussman Yalow; 16 15 Jocelyn Bell Burnell; 17 16 Christiane Nusslein-Volhard; 18 Afterword; 19 Notes; 20 Picture Acknowledgments; 21 Index; 22 About the Author

About the Author

Sharon Bertsch McGrayne