Books for International Day of Women and Girls in Science

By Coll Rowe | February 9 2024 | Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics

For International Day of Women and Girls in Science on February 11th, we are sharing books about women who have influenced and contributed to the STEM fields.

Broad Band
Broad Band
The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the Internet
Claire L. Evans
9780593329443

If you loved Hidden Figures or The Rise of the Rocket Girls, you’ll love Claire Evans’ breakthrough book on the women who brought you the internet—written out of history, until now.

$16.00 US
Jul 07, 2020
Paperback
288 Pages
Portfolio
Lab Girl
Lab Girl
A Memoir
Hope Jahren
9781101873724
National Bestseller
$16.00 US
Feb 28, 2017
Paperback
304 Pages
Vintage
Handprints on Hubble
Handprints on Hubble
An Astronaut's Story of Invention
Kathryn D. Sullivan
9780262539647
The first American woman to walk in space recounts her experience as part of the team that launched, rescued, repaired, and maintained the 30-year-old Hubble Space Telescope.
$17.95 US
Dec 01, 2020
Paperback
304 Pages
The MIT Press
The Plant Hunter
The Plant Hunter
A Scientist's Quest for Nature's Next Medicines
Cassandra Leah Quave
9781984879134
A leading medical ethnobotanist tells us her story in this uplifting and adventure-filled memoir that illuminates how the path forward for medical discovery may be found in nature’s oldest remedies. 
$18.00 US
Jun 14, 2022
Paperback
384 Pages
Penguin Books
Finding the Mother Tree
Finding the Mother Tree
Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest
Suzanne Simard
9780525565994
From the world’s leading forest ecologist who forever changed how people view trees and their connections to one another and to other living things in the forest—a moving, deeply personal journey of discovery.
$18.00 US
Jun 21, 2022
Paperback
384 Pages
Vintage
Carbon Queen
Carbon Queen
The Remarkable Life of Nanoscience Pioneer Mildred Dresselhaus
Maia Weinstock
9780262545976
The life of trailblazing physicist Mildred Dresselhaus, who expanded our understanding of the physical world.
$21.95 US
Mar 07, 2023
Paperback
320 Pages
The MIT Press
Starstruck
Starstruck
A Memoir of Astrophysics and Finding Light in the Dark
Sarafina El-Badry Nance
9780593186794
In a beautifully written and science-packed debut memoir, Egyptian-American astrophysicist Sarafina Nance shares her personal story of overcoming sexism, racism, and adversity, and appreciating the most important moments and people in her life by focusing on her lifelong love of the stars.
$29.00 US
Jun 06, 2023
Hardcover
336 Pages
Dutton
Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space
Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space
Janna Levin
9780307948489
The authoritative story of the headline-making discovery of gravitational waves—by an eminent theoretical astrophysicist and award-winning writer.
$18.00 US
Apr 18, 2017
Paperback
256 Pages
Anchor
Her Space, Her Time
Her Space, Her Time
How Trailblazing Women Scientists Decoded the Hidden Universe
Shohini Ghose
9780262048316
An exciting new title in the vein of Hidden Figures, which tells the inspiring stories of long-overlooked women physicists and astronomers who discovered the fundamental rules of the universe and reshaped the rules of society.
$29.95 US
Oct 17, 2023
Hardcover
272 Pages
The MIT Press
Life on Other Planets
Life on Other Planets
A Memoir of Finding My Place in the Universe
Aomawa Shields, PhD
9780593299180
A stunning and inspiring memoir charting a life as an astronomer, classically-trained actor, mother, and Black woman in STEM, searching for life in the universe while building a meaningful life here on Earth
$28.00 US
Jul 11, 2023
Hardcover
352 Pages
Viking

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