04792nam 2200733Ia 450 991078261870332120230912172145.01-282-85448-897866128544840-7735-6658-910.1515/9780773566583(CKB)1000000000714096(SSID)ssj0000278652(PQKBManifestationID)11195890(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000278652(PQKBWorkID)10264464(PQKB)11405523(CaPaEBR)407520(CaBNvSL)slc00204594(Au-PeEL)EBL3331594(CaPaEBR)ebr10178243(CaONFJC)MIL285448(OCoLC)923231283(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/bgw51v(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/3/407520(MiAaPQ)EBC3331594(DE-B1597)657119(DE-B1597)9780773566583(MiAaPQ)EBC3248646(EXLCZ)99100000000071409619970804d1997 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrA devotion to their science[electronic resource] pioneer women of radioactivity /Marelene F. Rayner-Canham and Geoffrey W. Rayner-Canham, senior authors and editorsMontreal McGill-Queen's University Press ;Philadelphia Chemical Heritage Foundationc1997xiv, 307 p. illBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-7735-1642-5 0-7735-1608-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front Matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- The Overview -- Early Years of Radioactivity -- Pioneer Women of Radioactivity -- The French Group -- Marie Curie: Time Only for Science and Family -- Ellen Gleditsch: Professor and Humanist -- May Sybil Leslie: From Radioactivity to Industrial Chemistry -- Catherine Chamie: Devoted Researcher of the Institut de Radium -- Stefania Maracineanu: Ignored Romanian Scientist -- Alicja Dorabialska: Polish Chemist -- Irène Joliot-Curie: Following in Her Mother's Footsteps -- ... And Some Other Women of the French Group -- The British Group -- Harriet Brooks: From Research Pioneer to Wife and Mother -- Fanny Cook Gates: A Promise Unfulfilled -- Jadwiga Szmidt: A Passion for Science -- Ada Hitchins: Research Assistant to Frederick Soddy -- ... And Some Other Women of the British Group -- The Austro-German Group -- Lise Meitner: The Foiled Nobelist -- Stefanie Horovitz: A Crucial Role in the Discovery of Isotopes -- Marietta Blau: Discoverer of the Cosmic Ray "Stars" -- Elizaveta Karamihailova: Bulgarian Pioneer of Radioactivity -- Elizabeth Rona: The Polonium Woman -- Ida Noddack: Proposer of Nuclear Fission -- ... And Some Other Women of the Austro-German Group -- Epilogue: The End of an Era and a New Generation -- Appendix: Dates of Selected Events in the History of Atomic Science (1895–1940) -- Contributors -- Notes -- IndexA 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. By recovering and recording individual and collective histories of the many eminent women in radioactivity whose work had a major impact on the scientific discoveries of the twentieth century, a more complete, gender-integrated view of the history of this fascinating field emerges.Women physicistsBiographyWomen chemistsBiographyNuclear physicsHistoryRadioactivityHistoryWomen physicistsWomen chemistsNuclear physicsHistory.RadioactivityHistory.539.7/52/0922Rayner-Canham Marelene F1137446Rayner-Canham Geoffrey1369615Chemical Heritage Foundation.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782618703321A devotion to their science3849127UNINA