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Women Chemists:

Designing the Modern World

By Mabel Armstrong
Coming in 2010.

omen Chemists: Designing the Modern World is the second book in the Women In Science series by Mabel Armstrong. Women Chemists is currently underway and planned for realease in 2010.

Outstanding chemists you'll meet in this book include:

Marie of Alexandria, her laboratory devices are still used
Agnes Pockels, the German woman who turned her dishpan into a
laboratory
Gertrude Elion made organ transplants possible
Stephanie Kwolek, polymer chemist with DuPont designed the
polymer Kevlar used in bullet-proof vests

...And today's young chemists whose research will reshape our world
once again!

Order the Book

Women Astronomers: Reaching For the Stars from Beagle Bay Books!
Available in Bookstores and Amazon.com now.

Reviews

· ForeWord Magazine
· George Johnson
· Matthew C. Keegan
· Jane Kirkpatrick
· Amy Largent
· Booklist Magazine
· Midwest Book Review
· Jerry Oltion
· Michael Shara
· Swedish Amateur Astronomy Magazine
· C. Louise Thomas
· Judy Yero
· School Library Journal

Author Bio

Mabel Armstrong's Story

Preview The Book

· Table of Contents
· Caroline Herschel
· Nancy Roman
· Index

Updates

· Rising stars in Astronomy
· New Information on Women in Astronomy
· Astronomy News

Author Calendar

Author calendar - Mabel Armstrong's scheduled appearances
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Women Astronomers: Reaching for the Stars Facts:
Title: Women Astronomers: Reaching for the Stars
Series: #1 of “Discovering Women in Science”
ISBN: 9780972892957; LOC CIP: 2007022318
Stone Pine Press
Price: $16.95: Trade paperback; 9" x 7.5"; ; 288 pages
BISAC: YA Non-fiction: Science/Astronomy/Biography
Reading level: Grade 9 and up; Lexile Level 1050
Release date: January 2008
Availability: Wholesale: Ingram, Baker & Taylor and many other fine wholesalers.
Distributed by Beagle Bay, Inc., 14120 Saddlebow Dr., Reno, NV, 89511
For information about this title, contact: Jacqueline Simonds, 775.827.8654 ext
113 or sales@beaglebay.com or see our website at http://www.beaglebay.com