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- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- 539.7/52/0922
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- 0773516085 9780773566583
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- Q141
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- R29 1997eb
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- Canada
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Table of Contents
- Contents 6
- Preface 10
- Acknowledgments 12
- Foreword 14
- PART ONE: THE OVERVIEW 22
- 1 Early Years of Radioactivity 24
- 2 Pioneer Women of Radioactivity 33
- PART TWO: THE FRENCH GROUP 50
- 3 Marie Curie: Time Only for Science and Family 52
- 4 Ellen Gleditsch: Professor and Humanist 72
- 5 May Sybil Leslie: From Radioactivity to Industrial Chemistry 97
- 6 Catherine Chamié: Devoted Researcher of the Institut de Radium 103
- 7 Stefania Maracineanu: Ignored Romanian Scientist 108
- 8 Alicia Dorabialska: Polish Chemist 113
- 9 Irène Joliot-Curie: Following in Her Mother's Footsteps 118
- 10 ... And Some Other Women of the French Group 145
- PART THREE: THE BRITISH GROUP 148
- 11 Harriet Brooks: From Research Pioneer to Wife and Mother 150
- 12 Fanny Cook Gates: A Promise Unfulfilled 159
- 13 Jadwiga Szmidt: A Passion for Science 166
- 14 Ada Hitchins: Research Assistant to Frederick Soddy 173
- 15 ... And Some Other Women of the British Group 177
- PART FOUR: THE AUSTRO-GERMAN GROUP 182
- 16 Lise Meitner: The Foiled Nobelist 184
- 17 Stefanie Horovitz: A Crucial Role in the Discovery of Isotopes 213
- 18 Marietta Blau: Discoverer of the Cosmic Ray "Stars" 217
- 19 Elizaveta Karamihailova: Bulgarian Pioneer of Radioactivity 226
- 20 Elizabeth Róna: The Polonium Woman 230
- 21 Ida Tacke Noddack: Proposer of Nuclear Fission 238
- 22 ... And Some Other Women of the Austro-German Group 247
- Epilogue: The End of an Era and a New Generation 250
- Appendix: Dates of Selected Events in the History of Atomic Science (1895–1940) 256
- Contributors 258
- Notes 260
- Index 324
- A 324
- B 324
- C 324
- D 325
- E 325
- F 325
- G 325
- H 326
- I 326
- J 326
- K 326
- L 326
- M 326
- N 327
- O 327
- P 327
- Q 327
- R 327
- S 328
- T 328
- U 328
- V 328
- W 328
- Y 328
- Z 328