Here’s a list of books — in no particular order — about women in mathematics (broadly interpreted) largely taken from this thread. The links are mostly to versions of the books on Amazon India. Unfortunately many of them are rather expensive, but hopefully it’s a handy list to share with a librarian you know! Do leave a comment below if you have any additions.
I’ll also leave this relatively sobering thought (or this one) here with no further comment.
Books:
How to Free Your Inner Mathematician: Notes on Mathematics and Life
Ada’s Algorithm: How Lord Byron’s Daughter Launched the Digital Age Through the Poetry of Numbers
Women Who Count: Honoring African American Women Mathematicians
Women Becoming Mathematicians – Creating a Professional Identity in Post–World War II America
My Remarkable Journey: A Memoir (Katherine Johnson)
Inventing the Mathematician: Gender, Race, and Our Cultural Understanding of Mathematics
Julia: A Life in Mathematics (ebook only)
A Celebration of the EDGE Program’s Impact on the Mathematics Community and Beyond
Those Magnificent Women and their Flying Machines: ISRO’S Mission to Mars
Girls Coming to Tech!: A History of American Engineering Education for Women
Illustrated Books:
Maryam’s Magic: The Story of Mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani
Nothing Stopped Sophie: The Story of Unshakable Mathematician Sophie Germain
The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Computer
Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race
Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Put Astronauts on the Moon
Emmy Noether: The Most Important Mathematician You’ve Never Heard Of
Miscellaneous:
