Blending a fascinating personal history with dramatic historical events, this book brings long-overdue attention to a brilliant woman whose work proved essential for America's early space program.
This is the extraordinary true story of America's first female rocket scientist. Told by her son, [...]

During the last two centuries, the way economic science is done has changed radically: it has become a social science based on mathematical models in place of words. This book describes and analyses that change - both historically and philosophically - using a series of case studies to illuminate th[...]

Describes the radical shift in the study of economic science; where arguing with words was replaced by reasoning with mathematical models.[...]