After completing a master's degree at McGill University under Rutherford's tutelage, Brooks continued her post-graduate work at Bryn Mawr College and Cambridge University, eventually returning to McGill to work again with Rutherford. In 1904 she left Canada to work at Barnard College in New York City, and then with Curie in Paris. Brooks had a significant career as a nuclear scientist, but her success was hampered by the fact that she was a woman. She eventually married and left research. Her premature death at age fifty-six was probably related to her work with radiation.
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- Include bibliographical references (p. [155]-163) and index
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- 539.7/092
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 20
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- 9780773563186 0773508813
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- QC16.B79
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- R29 1992eb
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- 1 electronic text (ix, 168 p., [10] p. of plates)
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- Canada
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Table of Contents
- Contents 6
- Preface 8
- Illustrations 11
- 1 Harriet Brooks: Pioneer Woman Physicist 24
- 2 The Brooks Family 31
- 3 Defying Convention: The McGill Years 36
- 4 A Year at Bryn Mawr 46
- 5 Life with J.J. at the Cavendish 53
- 6 Back Home to McGill 60
- 7 The Rights of a Woman: Barnard College 65
- 8 A Summer in the Adirondacks 73
- 9 European Travels: Capri, Paris, and London 83
- 10 The Eventful Summer of 1907 93
- 11 Adapting to Married Life 104
- 12 Family Life: From Joy to Sorrow 113
- 13 Why Has Brooks Been Overlooked? 124
- Appendix 1: The Radioactive Decay Series 130
- Appendix 2: The Cavendish Song 134
- Appendix 3: Address by Harriet Brooks to the McGill Alumnae Society 137
- Notes 144
- Bibliography 176
- Index 186
- A 186
- B 186
- C 187
- D 187
- E 187
- F 187
- G 187
- H 187
- I 187
- J 187
- K 187
- L 187
- M 187
- N 188
- O 188
- P 188
- Q 188
- R 188
- S 188
- T 188
- U 189
- W 189
- Z 189
