Women Who Built The Modern World

What if the modern world looked different because the credits finally did too? We set out to restore names to the ideas that power daily life, sharing sixteen stories of women whose discoveries span DNA’s double helix, nuclear fission, pulsars, parity violation, microbial genetics, and the X/Y blueprint of sex determination. From there we move through materials and medicine—Kevlar’s lifesaving strength, Scotchgard’s spill-proof chemistry, a windshield wiper that made storms drivable, a lepros...