After the war : women in physics in the United States /

This book examines the lives and contributions of American women physicists who were active in the years following World War II, during the middle decades of the 20th century. It covers the strategies they used to survive and thrive in a time where their gender was against them. The percentage of wo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Howes, Ruth (Ruth Hege) (Autor), Herzenberg, Caroline L., 1932- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: San Rafael [California] (40 Oak Drive, San Rafael, CA, 94903, USA) : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, [2015]
Colección:IOP (Series). Release 2.
IOP concise physics.
Temas:
Women physicists > United States > Biography.
Physicists > United States > Biography.
SCIENCE / Physics / General.
Physics.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • 1. Introduction. The setting for women in physics after World War II
  • 2. Women physicists in the national laboratories
  • 3. Women physicists in research universities
  • 4. Women physicists in industry
  • 5. Women physicists in the women's colleges
  • 6. Women in astrophysics and early NASA space science
  • 7. Other women physicists
  • 8. Epilogue: some final thoughts.

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