A recent Google Doodle celebrated Kamal Ranadive, an Indian biomedical researcher. Celebrate Ranadive’s contributions and those of many other female scientists, past and present, by picking up a book. Here are four recommendations brought to you by your friends at Pima County Public Library.

“Chrysalis: Maria Sibylla Merian and the Secrets of Metamorphosis” by Kim Todd

“In the Shadow of Man” by Jane Goodall

“What Stars Are Made Of: The Life of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin” by Donovan Moore

“The Glass Universe: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars” by Dava Sobel

Like these? Be sure to check out the full list at tucne.ws/1j70.

Visit library.pima.gov for more great reading suggestions and to check out the E-Library.


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