Science Saturday

Women Scientists on the New Book Shelf

Just to be clear, there are only books on the new book shelf - not people.  But some of those books were written by and about women, and, as Women’s History Month draws to a close, we call attention to a few.  Follow the links to see the catalog record and contents, reviews, etc., for each:

Rebels, scholars, explorers : women in vertebrate paleontology / Annalisa Berta and Susan Turner

The story of life in 10 ½ species / Marianne Taylor

Human / Amanda Rees and Charlotte Sleigh

Our biosocial brains : the cultural neuroscience of bias, power, and injustice / Michele K. Lewis

Books on display are just a small sliver of new books available!  Browse online, using the “New in the Science Library” guide (depicted above); one of many “General Purpose Guides” in the Research Tools section of the library website.  Tens of thousands of more books are available from OBIS in digital form.  Click on the eBooks tab to focus your search to that format, or limit your search results to location=internet.  

Happy searching!  Contact library staff anytime for assistance.

How can you ever smile as if your life hadn’t capsized?

Azellia White (1913-2019) was one of the first African-American women to obtain a pilot’s license in the US. She is seen as a trailblazer for women and African Americans alike in the field of aviation.

She obtained her license in 1946, and co-founded the Sky Ranch Flying Service, an airport and flight school open to African Americans in the Houston area.

Fabiola Gianotti (b. 1960) is the current Director-General of CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research. She is the first woman to hold this position.

She is a particle physicist, with a PhD from the University of Milan. She has received prestigious awards such as the Enrico Fermi Prize or the Fundamental Physics Prize: Special Breakthrough for her efforts in discovering a new Higgs-like particle.

Ralph Fiennes

The English Patient — Almàsy + landscapes

Media and Public Relations | Baylor University

Women and Early-Career Archaeologists Significantly Impacted by Pandemic, Baylor-led Study Finds

WACO, Texas (Oct. 8, 2021) – A new study, led by Baylor University researcher Julie Hoggarth, Ph.D., associate professor of anthropology, ev

"“My colleagues and I decided to do this study since we were personally impacted by the pandemic and had been hearing anecdotal accounts of archaeologists who had been negatively impacted. We were curious just how widespread career impacts were and if they were concentrated among certain groups of the archaeological community,” Hoggarth said."

Ralph Fiennes

“ I know you’ll come carry me out to the Palace of Winds. That’s what I’ve wanted: to walk in such a place with you. With friends, on an earth without maps. ”