A Devotion to Their Science: Pioneer Women of Radioactivity,9780941901154

A Devotion to Their Science: Pioneer Women of Radioactivity

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ISBN13: 9780941901154
ISBN10: 0941901157
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2005-06-01
Publisher(s): Diane Pub Co
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Summary

Biographical essays on 23 women who worked in atomic science during the first two decades of the 20th century, including Marie Curie, Lise Meitner, Irene Joliot-Curie, and a host of lesser-known women scientists whose life stories have never been told before. "A well-researched, scholarly work that will make a significant contribution to both the history of science and the role of women in 20th-century society. It provides a fascinating picture of the difficulties and obstacles faced by women who wished to pursue a career in science."--Montague Cohen, McGill University and Rutherford Museum

Table of Contents

Preface ix
Acknowledgments xi
Foreword xii
Marianne Ainley
PART ONE THE OVERVIEW 1(28)
Early Years of Radioactivity
3(9)
Pioneer Women of Radioactivity
12(17)
PART TWO THE FRENCH GROUP 29(98)
Marie Curie: Time Only for Science and Family
31(20)
Helena M. Pycior
Ellen Gleditsch: Professor and Humanist
51(25)
Anne-Marie Weidler Kubanek
Grete P. Grzegorek
May Sybil Leslie: From Radioactivity to Industrial Chemistry
76(6)
Catherine Chamie: Devoted Researcher of the Institut de Radium
82(5)
Stefania Maracineanu: Ignored Romanian Scientist
87(5)
Miruna Popescu
Marelene F. Rayner-Canham
Geoffrey W. Rayner-Canham
Alicia Dorabialska: Polish Chemist
92(5)
Stephanie Weinsberg-Tekel
Irene Joliot-Curie: Following in Her Mother's Footsteps
97(27)
E. Tina Crossfield
...And Some Other Women of the French Group
124(3)
PART THREE THE BRITISH GROUP 127(34)
Harriet Brooks: From Research Pioneer to Wife and Mother
129(9)
Fanny Cook Gates: A Promise Unfulfilled
138(7)
Jadwiga Szmidt: A Passion for Science
145(7)
Ada Hitchins: Research Assistant to Frederick Soddy
152(4)
...And Some Other Women of the British Group
156(5)
PART FOUR THE AUSTRO-GERMAN GROUP 161(68)
Lise Meitner: The Foiled Nobelist
163(29)
Sallie A. Watkins
Stefanie Horovitz: A Crucial Role in the Discovery of Isotopes
192(4)
Marietta Blau: Discoverer of the Cosmic Ray ``Stars''
196(9)
Leopold E. Halpern
Elizaveta Karamihailova: Bulgarian Pioneer of Radioactivity
205(4)
Snezha Tsoneva-Mathewson
Marelene F. Rayner-Canham
Geoffrey W. Rayner-Canham
Elizabeth Rona: The Polonium Woman
209(8)
Ida Tacke Noddack: Proposer of Nuclear Fission
217(9)
Fathi Habashi
...And Some Other Women of the Austro-German Group
226(3)
Epilogue: The End of an Era and a New Generation 229(6)
Appendix: Dates of Selected Events in the History of Atomic Science (1895--1940) 235(2)
Contributors 237(2)
Notes 239(64)
Index 303

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