Nobel Prize Women in Science #51

March 19, 2010

This episode was recorded when Science for the People was called Skeptically Speaking.

In honor of Ada Lovelace Day, author Sharon Bertsch McGrayne joined us to discuss the lives, careers and Nobel Prize-winning research of women scientists. And on Speaking Up we talk to Heidi Anderson previews She Thought.

Guests:

  • Sharon Bertsch McGrayne
  • Heidi Anderson
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Nobel Prize Women in Science: Their Lives, Struggles, and Momentous Discoveries

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