Rhodri Evans

"These minibiographies of women who persisted will move anyone with an avid curiosity about the world." --Publishers Weekly "A lively, readable account of the lives and work of 10 groundbreaking female scientists... The authors neatly summarize their subjects' lives from cradle to grave and delve into their work and its importance, explaining the details clearly without oversimplifying them... They provide 10 memorable portraits that may contain even a few surprises for scholars of these important pioneers. A solid introduction for those who know little about the long-term impact of women in science." --Kirkus Review "An entertaining introduction to a cross-section of scientists whose breakthroughs changed lives."--Milwaukee Shepherd Express "Impressively informative and a welcome addition to both community and academic library collections."-- Midwest Book Review "Every woman featured in the pages of Ten Women Who Changed Science and the World should be a household name... These biographies highlight not only the creative struggles these women endured, but the cultural and systemic ones as well."--Tulsa Book Review "These ten memorable portraits carry their subjects from cradle to grave, telling their stories while including explanations of scientific discoveries and achievements."--Internet Review of Books

A great deal has been discovered about space over the past few decades. This accessible new book from acclaimed popular science writer Rhodri Evans encapsulates what we've learned from recent advances in our knowledge of the cosmos. It details the Viking landings on Mars and offers a brief summary of previous attempts to reach Mars. It follows Pioneer and Voyager in exploring the outer solar system, and from Skylab to MIR and the International Space Station, it examines humankind's exploration in space since Apollo. It describes the Russian landing on Venus and the exploration of that planet over a number of decades by both the United States and the USSR/Russia. It reveals what we have learned from space-based telescopes such as the Hubble Space Telescope. 10 Things We've Learned about Space reveals what we have learned from Galileo about Jupiter and her moons, and contemplates what future missions might reveal. It also asks what more robots might be able to reveal of Mars's secrets. Cassini has expanded our knowledge of Saturn and her moons, as has chasing comets - not just Rosetta, although this has been the crowning glory so far. Humankind has at last visited the Pluto, with New Horizons, but what further knowledge, Evans asks in conclusion, might the future bring.

The moving stories of ten remarkable women who transformed science, and changed the world.

The intriguing lives and key works of the ten physicists who most profoundly transformed our understanding of the physical world in which we live

Rhodri Evans tells the story of what we know about the universe, from Jacobus Kapteyn’s Island universe at the turn of the 20th Century, and the discovery by Hubble that the nebulae were external to our own galaxy, through Gamow’s early work on the cosmic microwave background (CMB) and its subsequent discovery by Penzias and Wilson, to modern day satellite-lead CMB research. Research results from the ground-based experiments DASI, BOOMERANG, and satellite missions COBE, WMAP and Planck are explained and interpreted to show how our current picture of the universe was arrived at, and the author looks at the future of CMB research and what we still need to learn. This account is enlivened by Dr Rhodri Evans' personal connections to the characters and places in the story.