A devotion to their science [[electronic resource] ] : pioneer women of radioactivity / / Marelene F. Rayner-Canham and Geoffrey W. Rayner-Canham, senior authors and editors

• Autore: Rayner-Canham Marelene F
• Pubblicazione: Montreal, : McGill-Queen's University Press; Philadelphia, : Chemical Heritage Foundation, c1997
• Descrizione fisica: xiv, 307 p. : ill
• Disciplina: 539.7/52/0922
• Soggetto topico: Women physicists; Women chemists; Nuclear physics - History; Radioactivity - History
• Altri autori: Rayner-CanhamGeoffrey
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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. 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: A devotion to their science
• ISBN: 1-282-85448-8; 9786612854484; 0-7735-6658-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910810197803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II