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This one-volume encyclopedia provides brief descriptions of the contributions women have made to technology. The authors, all writers specializing in science education, have broadened the definition of technology to include not only the development of processes and products for commercial, industrial, or household use "but also those that in some way improve the daily lives of humans." This means that besides the obvious inclusions (e.g., physicist Lise Meitner, whose work in uranium fission led to the development of nuclear weapons, and Nobel Prize winner Gertrude Belle Elion, who developed life-saving drugs), rese...Log In or Sign Up to Read More