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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"In 1999, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology admitted to discriminating against women on its faculty, forcing institutions across the country to confront a problem they had long ignored: the need for more women at the top levels of science. Written by the journalist who broke the story for The Boston Globe, The Exceptions is the untold story of how sixteen highly accomplished women on the MIT faculty came together to do the work that triggered...
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English
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"After the death of her husband and becoming a single parent to her nine-year-old son Alexander, overworked scientist Helen desperately needs an escape. When Alexander proposes a trip to Greece, Helen quickly agrees. After spending several days exploring the tourist-filled streets, they stumble upon the ancient city of Mystras. Its only resident is Elias, a tour guide living on the city's edges. When Elias runs into Helen, he meets his match for the...
83) Geneva
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English
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"A Nobel Prize-winning scientist who is suffering from the early stages of Alzheimer’s is invite to a prestigious conference in Geneva to meet a enigmatic neuroscientist who has developed technology that could change medicine forever and also save her life."--
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Frances Lincoln
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
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 fascinating history of women's discoveries in science. In the ancient and medieval world, women served as royal physicians and nurses, taught mathematics, studied the stars, and practiced midwifery. As natural philosophers,...
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Europa Editions
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Stage four. Surgery. Recovering." While those are the simple words that once described Dr. Francine Burk's situation, the reality is much more complex. Her new reality is feeling unduly thrilled by her increasing ability to walk across a room without assistance. And it's being offered a placement at a prestigious research institute where she can put to good use her recent award money. With the Foundation's advanced technological resources and a group...
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Harlequin Enterprises ULC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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"Dr. Abigail Matthews has separated herself from her con artist dad. When his latest scheme threatens her chances to adopt her foster daughter, Abigail will do anything...even rely on a man she can't trust. Griffin Colton is a crusader for justice, but his family thinks that Abigail is harboring a dangerous secret. Despite the odds stacked against them, an attraction burns bright and they forge a strong defense. But some threats still find a way to...
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Second Story Press
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Women breaking new ground in areas once thought beyond them, and establishing a legacy for others to follow―that's what the Women's Hall of Fame Series is all about. Super Women in Science is no exception. Meet ten women from ancient times to today, with lively senses of curiosity and the vision and determination to discover how and why things work. An educational and fun tour through centuries of research and discoveries, sure to inspire future...
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Warner Books
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
A stunning discovery by a team of scientists on Venus endangers Earth itself At eighty-three, Dr. Helen Failia is nearing middle age but has lost none of her fighting spirit. The founder of Earth's first fully functioning colony on Venus, she will do anything to ensure that the home she's built and nurtured not only survives, but thrives. Despite her constant work, funding for the colony is running out, and she's dreading telling the ten thousand...
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English
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Jack Bruno is a Las Vegas cab driver. Scientist Dr. Alex Friedman is one of his passengers. She is giving speeches about legitimate scientific theories of UFOs and outer space. The next day Jack notices Sara and Seth sitting in the back seat of his cab. He takes them to a run down house in the middle of nowhere, where they must obtain an object. Meanwhile, Major Henry Burke is searching for information pertaining to two aliens that landed days earlier....
93) Abyss
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Series
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
When an NOAA scientist has a breakthrough that could enable a sustainable energy source and prevent dangerous weather systems, former CIA director Kirk McGarvey begins a cat-and-mouse chase with a contract killer seeking to trigger a nuclear disaster.
94) Infinity gate
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Series
Pandominion ; 1
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The Pandominion: a political and trading alliance of a million worlds {u2013} except that they{u2019}re really just the one world, Earth, in many different realities. And when an AI threat arises that could destroy everything the Pandominion has built, they'll eradicate it by whatever means necessary, no matter the cost to human life. Scientist Hadiz Tambuwal is looking for a solution to her own Earth{u2019}s environmental collapse when she stumbles...
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Mad Morelands ; 7
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English
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"Thisbe Moreland is used to men not taking her seriously. As a scientist, she's accustomed to being the only woman at lectures and meetings, her presence met with scorn and derision. So it comes as a pleasant surprise when she sits next to a handsome young man who is actually interested in having a conversation about science. Desmond Harrison cannot believe his good fortune when he sits next to Thisbe - she's intelligent and incredibly beautiful....
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Series
Publisher
Harlequin Enterprises Limited
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"Samuel Tucker is absolutely the last person scientist Cassie Barclay would ever date. Yes, he's gorgeous, but he's also far too cocky for his own good and thinks that Pi is a tasty afternoon treat. So when he asks her to dance at her friend Reese's non-wedding she's wondering why on earth she says yes! Tuck is used to people assuming he's all brawn and no brain, and amuses himself by winding Cassie up. But when he finally takes her to bed, suddenly...
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Publisher
Harlequin Enterprises Limited
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"After her colleague's brutal murder, Dr. Waylynn Hargraves's past makes her a suspect, but Blackhawk Security investigator Elliot Dunham is certain she's innocent. When Waylynn's research reveals she faces a danger worse than being framed, Elliot will defy all of the rules he's set for himself in order to protect Waylynn from the killer who is stalking her" --
99) Sunrise alley
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Publisher
Baen Pub. Enterprises
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
The shipwrecked stranger washed up on the beach near Samantha's home turns out to be a half-human experiment by the notorious criminal Charon, a practitioner of illegal robotics with evil plans. Samantha and the man seek help from Sunrise Alley, an underground organization of AIs that have gone rogue.
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Series
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Libby Clark is working as a scientist at a top secret WWII government research facility when she begins to suspect that not all is as it seems there, and after a dead body is discovered, Libby begin her own investigation into the crime.
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