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In Vera Rubin: A Life, Jacqueline Mitton and Simon Mitton provide a detailed, accessible overview of Rubin's work, showing how she leveraged immense curiosity, profound intelligence, and novel technologies to help transform our understanding of the cosmos. But Rubin's impact was not limited to her contributions to scientific knowledge. She also helped to transform scientific practice by promoting the careers of women researchers. Not content to be an inspiration, Rubin was a mentor and champion for hiring women faculty and honoring them with awards historically exclusive to men.

Die inspirierenden Memoiren von Katalin Karikó, Nobelpreisträgerin für Medizin 2023, deren jahrzehntelange mRNA-Forschung zu den COVID-19-Impfstoffen führte. Katalin Karikó hat eine ungewöhnliche Reise hinter sich. Als Tochter eines Metzgers im kommunistischen Ungarn der Nachkriegszeit wuchs sie in einem Lehmhaus ohne fließendes Wasser auf. Sie sah die Wunder der Natur überall um sich herum und war bald fest entschlossen, Wissenschaftlerin zu werden.

Dalla fondazione dell'azienda da parte del bisnonno Guccio alla storia d'amore dei genitori Paolo e Yvonne, ai lunghi anni di lavoro a Firenze e all'estero, Patrizia Gucci ripercorre le tappe del successo di una delle maggiori dinastie dell'imprenditoria italiana. Ricordi personali si affiancano al racconto della creazione dei modelli divenuti poi oggetti di culto in tutto il mondo. Non mancano i momenti dolorosi, come la tragica scomparsa del cugino Maurizio, e infine i contrasti che porteranno alla vendita dell'azienda.

Vera Rubin, amerikanische Astronomin und Pionierin der dunklen Materie: Leben und Werk in einer Kurzbiografie! Alles, was man wissen muss, kurz und knapp. Infotainment, Bildung und Unterhaltung vom Feinsten!

We now know that the universe is mostly dark, made up of particles and forces undetectable by our most powerful telescopes. The discovery signaled a Copernican-like revolution in astronomy: not only are we not the center of the universe, neither is the stuff of which we're made. Vera Rubin played a pivotal role in this discovery. By showing that some astronomical objects seem to defy gravity, Rubin helped convince the scientific community of the possibility of dark matter. In Bright Galaxies, Dark Matter, and Beyond, Ashley Jean Yeager tells the story of Rubin's life and work.

From the co founder of the Vera Bradley empire, a practical and inspiring book that shows women how to awaken their full potential at any age.