The International Day of Women and Girls in Science on February 11 allows us to honour women’s significant achievements in science and place a much-needed focus on girls entering Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) careers. One of the best ways to support them is to know their names and buy their work, where possible. So here’s some of the best books written by women in STEM.
📚 The Gendered Brain: The New Neuroscience That Shatters the Myth of the Female Brain by Gina Rippon
📚 Built: The Hidden Stories Behind our Structures by Roma Agrawal MBE
📚 Lab Girl by Hope Jahren
📚 The Madame Curie Complex: The Hidden History of Women in Science by Julie Des Jardins
📚 The Fossil Hunter: Dinosaurs, Evolution, and the Woman Whose Discoveries Changed the World by Shelley Emling
📚 Lise Meitner: A Life in Physics by Ruth Lewin Sime
📚 Grace Hopper and the Invention of the Information Age by Kurt W. Beyer
📚 Inferior by Angela Saini
📚 Headstrong: 52 Women Who Changed Science- and the World by Rachel Swaby
📚 Invisible Women – Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Perez
📚 Explaining Humans by Dr. Camilla Pang
📚 Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
Which amazing woman in STEM inspires you?