Dash, Joan.

The triumph of discovery : women scientists who won the Nobel Prize / by Joan Dash. - Englewood Cliffs, NJ : Julian Messner, c1991. - xi, 148 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

"JM Messner certified edition"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-141) and index.

Examines the lives of Barbara McClintock, Maria Mayer, Rosalyn Yalow, and Rita Levi-Montalcini, women scientists whowon the Nobel Prize against extraordinary odds, in different fields and under different circumstances.

ISBN: 0671693328 (lib. bdg.) : 0671693336 (pbk.) :

LCCN: 90039308 /AC

Subjects--Personal Names:
McClintock, Barbara, 1902- --Juvenile literature.
Mayer, Maria Goeppert, 1906-1972 --Juvenile literature.
Yalow, Rosalyn S. 1921- --Juvenile literature.
Levi-Montalcini, Rita--Juvenile literature.
McClintock, Barbara, 1902-
Mayer, Maria Goeppert, 1906-1972.
Yalow, Rosalyn S. 1921-
Levi-Montalcini, Rita.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Women medical scientists--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Women scientists--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Nobel prizes--Juvenile literature.
Medical scientists--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Scientists--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Women scientists.
Scientists.
Nobel prizes.

Subjects--Index Terms: McClintock, Barbara, 1902 Mayer, Maria Goeppert, 1906-1972 Yalow, Rosalyn S. (Rosalyn Sussman)

LC Class. No.: R692 / .D36 1990

Dewey Class. No.: 509.2/2 B 920