Beyond Curie four women in physics and their remarkable discoveries, 1903 to 1963
In the 116 year history of the Nobel Prize in Physics, only two women have won the award; Marie Curie (1903) and Maria Mayer (1963). During the 60 years between those awards, several women did work of similar calibre. This book focuses on those women, providing biographies for each that discuss both...
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| contents | Introduction -- Why am I writing this book? -- An essential tension -- A few words on names -- Cecilia Payne -- Beyond Curie -- No insuperable objections -- The Harvard Computers -- Starstuff -- Two astronomers from Cambridge -- Reactions -- Blocked paths -- Love (of science) levels all ranks -- Science summary : stellar spectra -- Lise Meitner -- Making up for lost time -- Questions of credit -- A scientific powerhouse -- Tumult -- How Nobel Prizes are selected -- Beyond uranium -- The breakdown of science -- Our Madame Curie -- Science summary : nuclear fission -- Chien-Shiung Wu -- Mighty hero -- Exile -- Pushing back -- Rising through the ranks -- 'Wasting her time' -- Instant Nobel -- Honors -- Science summary : parity -- Maria Mayer -- The seventh generation -- From nuisance to necessary -- A new era -- Magic -- A different way to win a race -- Quarter loafs -- A typical genius -- Science summary : nuclear shell model -- Afterword |
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| spelling | Calvin, Scott Verfasser (DE-588)1037119193 aut Beyond Curie four women in physics and their remarkable discoveries, 1903 to 1963 Scott Calvin Four women in physics and their remarkable discoveries, 1903 to 1963 San Rafael, CA Morgan & Claypool Publishers [2017] © 2017 x, 141 Seiten Illustrationen, Portraits 26 cm txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier IOP concise physics Introduction -- Why am I writing this book? -- An essential tension -- A few words on names -- Cecilia Payne -- Beyond Curie -- No insuperable objections -- The Harvard Computers -- Starstuff -- Two astronomers from Cambridge -- Reactions -- Blocked paths -- Love (of science) levels all ranks -- Science summary : stellar spectra -- Lise Meitner -- Making up for lost time -- Questions of credit -- A scientific powerhouse -- Tumult -- How Nobel Prizes are selected -- Beyond uranium -- The breakdown of science -- Our Madame Curie -- Science summary : nuclear fission -- Chien-Shiung Wu -- Mighty hero -- Exile -- Pushing back -- Rising through the ranks -- 'Wasting her time' -- Instant Nobel -- Honors -- Science summary : parity -- Maria Mayer -- The seventh generation -- From nuisance to necessary -- A new era -- Magic -- A different way to win a race -- Quarter loafs -- A typical genius -- Science summary : nuclear shell model -- Afterword In the 116 year history of the Nobel Prize in Physics, only two women have won the award; Marie Curie (1903) and Maria Mayer (1963). During the 60 years between those awards, several women did work of similar calibre. This book focuses on those women, providing biographies for each that discuss both how they made their discoveries and the gender-specific reception of those discoveries. It also discusses the Nobel process and how society and the scientific community's treatment of them were influenced by their gender Goeppert-Mayer, Maria 1906-1972 (DE-588)119155680 gnd rswk-swf Meitner, Lise 1878-1968 (DE-588)118580477 gnd rswk-swf Payne-Gaposchkin, Cecilia 1900-1979 (DE-588)132036975 gnd rswk-swf Wu, Chien-shiung 1912-1997 (DE-588)172467403 gnd rswk-swf Payne-Gaposchkin, Cecilia / 1900-1979 Meitner, Lise / 1878-1968 Wu, C. S. / (Chien-shiung) / 1912-1997 Mayer, Maria Goeppert / 1906-1972 Women physicists / Biography Women physicists Biography (DE-588)4006804-3 Biografie gnd-content Payne-Gaposchkin, Cecilia 1900-1979 (DE-588)132036975 p Meitner, Lise 1878-1968 (DE-588)118580477 p Wu, Chien-shiung 1912-1997 (DE-588)172467403 p Goeppert-Mayer, Maria 1906-1972 (DE-588)119155680 p DE-604 |
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