A devotion to their science : pioneer women of radioactivity /

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Contains 17 full biographies and 6 briefer accounts of most of the early women pioneers in the study of radioactivity.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rayner-Canham, Marelene F.
Autor Corporativo: Chemical Heritage Foundation
Otros Autores: Rayner-Canham, Geoffrey
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia, Pa. : Montréal : Chemical Heritage Foundation ; McGill-Queen's University Press, 1997.
Temas:
Women chemists > Biography.
Women physicists > Biography.
Nuclear physics > History.
Radioactivity > History.
Women.
Women
Radioactivity > history
Nuclear Physics > history
Femmes chimistes > Biographies.
Physiciennes > Biographies.
Physique nucléaire > Histoire.
Radioactivité > Histoire.
Femmes.
33.40 nuclear physics: general.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Science & Technology.
SCIENCE > Radiation.
Nuclear physics.
Radioactivity.
Women chemists.
Women physicists.
Kernphysik
Physikerin
Biografie
Chemikerin
Kernfysica.
Scheikundigen.
Vrouwen.
Wetenschapsbeoefenaars.
Electronic books.
Biography
Biographies.
History.
Biographies (form)
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • pt. 1. The overview. Early years of radioactivity ; Pioneer women of radioactivity / Marelene F. Rayner-Canham and Geoffrey W. Rayner-Canham
  • pt. 2. The French group. Marie Curie : time only for science and family / Helena M. Pycior
  • Ellen Gleditsch : professor and humanist / Anne-Marie Weidler Kubanek and Grete P. Grzegorek
  • May Sybil Leslie : from radioactivity to industrial chemistry ; Catherine Chamié : devoted researcher of the Institut de Radium / Marelene F. Rayner-Canham and Geoffrey W. Rayner-Canham
  • Stefania Maracineanu : ignored Romanian scientist / Miruna Popescu, Marelene F. Rayner-Canham and Geoffrey W. Rayner-Canham
  • Alicja Dorabialska : Polish chemist / Stephanie Weinsberg-Tekel
  • Irène Joliot-Curie : following in her mother's footsteps / E. Tina Crossfield
  • And some other women of the French group. Eva Ramstedt ; Irén Götz / Marelene F. Rayner-Canham and Geoffrey W. Rayner-Canham
  • pt. 3. The British group. Harriet Brooks : from research pioneer to wife and mother ; Fanny Cook Gates : a promise unfulfilled ; Jadwiga Szmidt : a passion for science ; Ada Hitchins : research assistant to Frederick Soddy ; And some other women of the British group. Jesse Mable Wilkins Slater ; Winifred Moller Beilby ; Ruth Pirret / Marelene F. Rayner-Canham and Geoffrey W. Rayner-Canham
  • pt. 4. The Austro-German group. Lise Meitner : the foiled Nobelist / Sallie A. Watkins
  • Stefanie Horovitz : a crucial role in the discovery of isotopes / Marelene F. Rayner-Canham and Geoffrey W. Rayner-Canham
  • Marietta Blau : discoverer of the cosmic ray "stars" / Leopold E. Halpern
  • Elizaveta Karamihailova : Bulgarian pioneer of radioactivity / Snezha Tsoneva-Mathewson, Marelene F. Rayner-Canham and Geoffrey W. Rayner-Canham
  • Elizabeth Róna : the polonium woman / Marlene F. Rayner-Canham and Geoffrey W. Rayner-Canham
  • Ida Noddack : proposer of nuclear fission / Fathi Habashi
  • And some other women of the Austro-German group. Berta Karlik ; Epilogue : the end of an era and a new generation / Marelene F. Rayner-Canham and Geoffrey W. Rayner-Canham.

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