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• Braiding Sweetgrass

  Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants

  Kimmerer, Robin Wall

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  As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces the notion that plants and animals are our oldest teachers. In Braiding Sweetgrass,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Lab Girl

  Jahren, Hope,

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  Acclaimed scientist Hope Jahren has built three laboratories in which she’s studied trees, flowers, seeds, and soil. Her first book is a revelatory treatise on plant life—but it is also so much more. Available in eBook format on Libby and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Her Space, Her Time

  How Trailblazing Women Scientists Decoded the Hidden Universe

  Ghose, Shohini,

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  The inspiring stories of long-overlooked women physicists and astronomers who discovered the fundamental rules of the universe and reshaped the rules of society.

• The Exceptions

  Nancy Hopkins, MIT, and the Fight for Women in Science

  Zernike, Kate,

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  From the Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist who broke the story, the inspiring account of the sixteen female scientists who forced MIT to publicly admit it had been discriminating against its female faculty for years—sparking a nationwide reckoning…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Below the Edge of Darkness

  a Memoir of Exploring Light and Life in the Deep Sea

  Widder, Edith,

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  A pioneering marine biologist takes us down into the deep ocean to understand bioluminescence—the language of light that helps life communicate in the darkness—and what it tells us about the future of life on Earth.

• Lethal Tides

  Mary Sears and the Marine Scientists Who Helped Win World War II

  Musemeche, Catherine,

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  The story of the virtually unknown Mary Sears, “the first oceanographer of the Navy,” whose groundbreaking oceanographic research led the U.S. to victory in the Pacific theater during World War II. Available in eBook and eAudiobook format on hoopla.

• Visionary Women

  How Rachel Carson, Jane Jacobs, Jane Goodall, and Alice Waters Changed Our World

  Barnet, Andrea,

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  Four influential women we thought we knew well—Jane Jacobs, Rachel Carson, Jane Goodall, and Alice Waters—and how they spearheaded the modern progressive movement. Also available in eBook and eAudiobook formats on hoopla.

• The Glass Universe

  How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars

  Sobel, Dava,

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  In the mid-nineteenth century, the Harvard College Observatory began employing women as calculators, or "human computers," to interpret the observations their male counterparts made via telescope each night. The "glass universe" of half a million…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Unmasking AI

  My Mission to Protect What Is Human in a World of Machines

  Buolamwini, Joy,

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  To most of us, it seems like recent developments in artificial intelligence emerged out of nowhere to pose unprecedented threats to humankind. But to Dr. Joy Buolamwini, who has been at the forefront of AI research, this moment has been a long time…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Starstruck

  a Memoir of Astrophysics and Finding Light in the Dark

  Nance, Sarafina,

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  In a beautifully written, science-packed, and inspirational memoir, Egyptian-American astrophysicist Sarafina El-Badry Nance shares how she boldly carved out a place in the field of astrophysics, grounding herself in a lifelong love of the stars to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Lab of One's Own

  One Woman's Personal Journey Through Sexism in Science

  Colwell, Rita R., 1934-

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  A riveting memoir-manifesto from the first female director of the National Science Foundation about the entrenched sexism in science, the elaborate detours women have taken to bypass the problem, and how to fix the system. Available in eAudiobook…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Girl Decoded

  a Scientist's Quest to Reclaim Our Humanity by Bringing Emotional Intelligence to Technology

  El Kaliouby, Rana,

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  In a captivating memoir, an Egyptian American visionary and scientist provides an intimate view of her personal transformation as she follows her calling—to humanize our technology and how we connect with one another.

• Forces of Nature

  The Women who Changed Science

  Reser, Anna • McNeill, Leila

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  From the ancient world to the present women have been critical to the progress of science, yet their importance is overlooked, their stories lost, distorted, or actively suppressed. Forces of Nature sets the record straight and charts the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Rocket Girl

  the Story of Mary Sherman Morgan, America's First Female Rocket Scientist

  Morgan, George D.

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  In 1938, a young German rocket enthusiast named Wernher von Braun had dreams of building a rocket that could fly him to the moon. In Ray, North Dakota, a young farm girl named Mary Sherman was attending high school. In an age when girls rarely…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Mischievous Creatures

  the Forgotten Sisters Who Transformed Early American Science

  McNeur, Catherine,

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  The lives and work of Margaretta Hare Morris and Elizabeth Carrington Morris, sisters and scientists in early America. Margaretta, an entomologist, was famous among her peers and the public for her research on seventeen-year cicadas and other…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Life on Other Planets

  a Memoir of Finding My Place in the Universe

  Shields, Aomawa,

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  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.

• A Portrait of the Scientist as a Young Woman

  Elkins-Tanton, Lindy,

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  From one of the world’s leading planetary scientists, a luminous memoir of exploration on Earth, in space, and within oneself—equal parts ode to the beauty of science, meditation on loss, and roadmap for personal resilience. Available in eBook…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Plant Hunter

  a Scientist's Quest for Nature's Next Medicines

  Quave, Cassandra Leah,

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  An uplifting, adventure-filled memoir about a groundbreaking female scientist on a quest to develop new ways to fight illness and disease through the healing powers of plants.

• Black Hole Survival Guide

  Levin, Janna,

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  Astrophysicist Janna Levin takes us on an evocative exploration of black holes, provoking us to imagine the visceral experience of a black hole encounter.

• Making Contact

  Jill Tarter and the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence

  Scoles, Sarah,

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  A brilliant examination of the science behind the search for extraterrestrial intelligence and its pioneer, Jill Tarter. Available in eBook format on hoopla.