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Rachel Swaby
Rachel Swaby is a freelance journalist. Her work has appeared in the Runner's World, Wired, O, The Oprah Magazine, New Yorker.com, Afar, and others. She is a senior editor at Longshot magazine, the editor-in-chief of The Connective: Issue 1, a former research editor at Wired, and a past presenter... show more

Rachel Swaby is a freelance journalist. Her work has appeared in the Runner's World, Wired, O, The Oprah Magazine, New Yorker.com, Afar, and others. She is a senior editor at Longshot magazine, the editor-in-chief of The Connective: Issue 1, a former research editor at Wired, and a past presenter at Pop-Up magazine. She grew up in Northern California and now lives in Brooklyn.
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Murder by Death
Murder by Death rated it 6 years ago
A collection of short biographies highlighting 52 women who changed science - many of them Nobel prize winners - that most people have probably never heard of. Or, at least, never heard of in relation to their scientific accomplishments. Most everybody of a certain age or with a fondness for ol...
Memories From Books on Booklikes
Memories From Books on Booklikes rated it 9 years ago
Headstrong: 52 Women Who Changed Science - and the World by Rachel Swaby sets clear expectations on what it is - an introduction to the work of 52 amazing scientists who happen to be women. It then proceeds to deliver concisely and precisely on those expectations. As such, it is a great resource "as...
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