| Rosalyn Yalow, Nobel Laureate Contributor(s): Straus, Eugene (Author) |
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ISBN: 0738202630 ISBN-13: 9780738202631 Publisher: Basic Books OUR PRICE: $21.77 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2000 Annotation: In 1977, Rosalyn Yalow, known as the "Madame Curie from the Bronx", was the second woman in history to win the Nobel Prize in medicine. In this biography (reprint of the 1998 publication), a colleague reveals the extraordinary intelligence and determination that led her to overcome countless obstacles as a woman scientist in a man's world. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Medical (incl. Patients) - Biography & Autobiography | Science & Technology - Biography & Autobiography | Women |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 99066856 |
| Lexile Measure: 1250 |
| Physical Information: 0.64" H x 6" W x 9.22" (0.80 lbs) 294 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The biography of Rosalyn Yalow, as told by her longtime friend and colleague Eugene Straus, is the story of a woman who prevailed against class and gender prejudice to reach the pinnacle of the science world. Yalow's story is related against the backdrop of her later years, when, after having won the Nobel Prize in medicine for inventing a revolutionary test for certain kinds of hormones, she was suddenly felled by a stroke and brought to a hospital where, unrecognized, she was "dumped" as a charity case onto another hospital. Straus's account of Yalow's slow but ultimate triumph over crippling illness is of a piece with that of the dazzlingly talented and tenacious young woman who, despite the barriers placed before her by a male-dominated medical establishment, never compromised her principles of hard work and scientific integrity. |