A Devotion to Their Science includes biographical essays on twenty-three women who worked in atomic science during the first two decades of the twentieth century, including Marie Curie, Lise Meitner, Irène Joliot-Curie, and a host of lesser-known women scientists whose life stories have never before been told. The biographies highlight the lives and work of these women, noting their contributions and the challenges they faced and overcame. Taken together the essays record their collective experiences, highlighting the support network that developed among them and the reasons women were more predominant in this field than in other sciences in the early part of this century.
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- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 539.7/52/0922
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- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
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- 0773516085 9780773566583
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- Q141
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- R29 1997eb
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- CaOONL
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- 1 electronic text (xiv, 307 p., [6] p. of plates)
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- Canada
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- CaOOCEL
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- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
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- (CaBNVSL)slc00204594 (OCoLC)191818978 (CaOOCEL)407520
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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
