Devotion to Their Science : Pioneer Women of Radioactivity.
Rayner-Canham, Marelene F.
Devotion to Their Science : Pioneer Women of Radioactivity. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (328 pages)
Intro -- 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.
When the subject of women in atomic science is mentioned, Marie Curie's name immediately leaps to mind. Many other women also worked in the field, but their names have been forgotten. A Devotion to Their Science reclaims this first generation of women researchers in radioactivity, providing new insights into the contribution of women to atomic science and dispelling the myth that this field was essentially a male preserve.
9780773566583
Women physicists-Biography.
Women chemists-Biography.
Nuclear physics-History.
Radioactivity-History.
Electronic books.
Q141 .R39 1997
Devotion to Their Science : Pioneer Women of Radioactivity. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (328 pages)
Intro -- 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.
When the subject of women in atomic science is mentioned, Marie Curie's name immediately leaps to mind. Many other women also worked in the field, but their names have been forgotten. A Devotion to Their Science reclaims this first generation of women researchers in radioactivity, providing new insights into the contribution of women to atomic science and dispelling the myth that this field was essentially a male preserve.
9780773566583
Women physicists-Biography.
Women chemists-Biography.
Nuclear physics-History.
Radioactivity-History.
Electronic books.
Q141 .R39 1997