Devotion to Their Science: Pioneer Women of Radioactivity 9780773566583
When the subject of women in atomic science is mentioned, Marie Curie's name immediately leaps to mind. Many other
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Table of contents :
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Foreword
PART ONE: THE OVERVIEW
1 Early Years of Radioactivity
2 Pioneer Women of Radioactivity
PART TWO: THE FRENCH GROUP
3 Marie Curie: Time Only for Science and Family
4 Ellen Gleditsch: Professor and Humanist
5 May Sybil Leslie: From Radioactivity to Industrial Chemistry
6 Catherine Chamié: Devoted Researcher of the Institut de Radium
7 Stefania Maracineanu: Ignored Romanian Scientist
8 Alicia Dorabialska: Polish Chemist
9 Irène Joliot-Curie: Following in Her Mother's Footsteps
10 ... And Some Other Women of the French Group
PART THREE: THE BRITISH GROUP
11 Harriet Brooks: From Research Pioneer to Wife and Mother
12 Fanny Cook Gates: A Promise Unfulfilled
13 Jadwiga Szmidt: A Passion for Science
14 Ada Hitchins: Research Assistant to Frederick Soddy
15 ... And Some Other Women of the British Group
PART FOUR: THE AUSTRO-GERMAN GROUP
16 Lise Meitner: The Foiled Nobelist
17 Stefanie Horovitz: A Crucial Role in the Discovery of Isotopes
18 Marietta Blau: Discoverer of the Cosmic Ray "Stars"
19 Elizaveta Karamihailova: Bulgarian Pioneer of Radioactivity
20 Elizabeth Róna: The Polonium Woman
21 Ida Tacke Noddack: Proposer of Nuclear Fission
22 ... And Some Other Women of the Austro-German Group
Epilogue: The End of an Era and a New Generation
Appendix: Dates of Selected Events in the History of Atomic Science (1895–1940)
Contributors
Notes
Index
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Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Foreword
PART ONE: THE OVERVIEW
1 Early Years of Radioactivity
2 Pioneer Women of Radioactivity
PART TWO: THE FRENCH GROUP
3 Marie Curie: Time Only for Science and Family
4 Ellen Gleditsch: Professor and Humanist
5 May Sybil Leslie: From Radioactivity to Industrial Chemistry
6 Catherine Chamié: Devoted Researcher of the Institut de Radium
7 Stefania Maracineanu: Ignored Romanian Scientist
8 Alicia Dorabialska: Polish Chemist
9 Irène Joliot-Curie: Following in Her Mother's Footsteps
10 ... And Some Other Women of the French Group
PART THREE: THE BRITISH GROUP
11 Harriet Brooks: From Research Pioneer to Wife and Mother
12 Fanny Cook Gates: A Promise Unfulfilled
13 Jadwiga Szmidt: A Passion for Science
14 Ada Hitchins: Research Assistant to Frederick Soddy
15 ... And Some Other Women of the British Group
PART FOUR: THE AUSTRO-GERMAN GROUP
16 Lise Meitner: The Foiled Nobelist
17 Stefanie Horovitz: A Crucial Role in the Discovery of Isotopes
18 Marietta Blau: Discoverer of the Cosmic Ray "Stars"
19 Elizaveta Karamihailova: Bulgarian Pioneer of Radioactivity
20 Elizabeth Róna: The Polonium Woman
21 Ida Tacke Noddack: Proposer of Nuclear Fission
22 ... And Some Other Women of the Austro-German Group
Epilogue: The End of an Era and a New Generation
Appendix: Dates of Selected Events in the History of Atomic Science (1895–1940)
Contributors
Notes
Index
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
Y
Z
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