Southwest Branch Closing for Maintenance
Southwest Branch will be closed on Monday, March 25 and Tuesday, March 26 for replacement of the HVAC unit. The book drop will remain open and we plan to resume normal operating hours on Wednesday, March 27.

Presidential Preference Primary Election Early Voting at Select Library Locations
Ten OCLS Branch locations will host early voting for the 2024 Early Voting Primary Election from Monday, March 4 to Sunday, March 17 (10 a.m. – 6 p.m.): Alafaya, Chickasaw, Fairview Shores, Hiawassee, South Creek, Southeast, Southwest, Washington Park, West Oaks, and Winter Garden. Learn more about early voting at select library locations >

My Library

     
Limit search to available items
Title Headstrong : 52 women who changed science--and the world / Rachel Swaby.
Author Swaby, Rachel.
Publication Info. New York : Broadway Books, [2015]
Book Cover
Copies/Volumes
Edition First edition.
Description xiv, 273 pages ; 21 cm
text rdacontent.
unmediated rdamedia.
volume rdacarrier.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-263) and index.
Summary Profiles over fifty of history's most remarkable women scientists, including Rachel Carson, Rosalind Franklin, Sally Ride, and Ada Lovelace.
Subject Women scientists -- Biography.
Women astronomers -- Biography.
Women physicians -- Biography.
Women biologists -- Biography.
Women physicists -- Biography.
Women mathematicians -- Biography.
ISBN 0553446797 (pbk.) : $16.00
9780553446791 (pbk.)