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A devotion to their science: pioneer women of radioactivity
Marelene F. Rayner-Canham and Geoffrey Rayner-Canham
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Frontmatter
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Preface (page ix)
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Acknowledgements (page xi)
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Foreword (Marianne Ainley, page xii)
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PART ONE: THE OVERVIEW (page 1)
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1. Early Years of Radioactivity (page 3)
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2. Pioneer Women of Radioactivity (page 12)
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PART TWO: THE FRENCH GROUP (page 29)
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3. Marie Curie: Time Only for Science and Family (Helena M. Pycior, page 31)
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4. Ellen Gleditsch: Professor and Humanist (Anne-Marie Weidler Kubanek and Grete P. Grzegorek, page 51)
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5. May Sybil Leslie: From Radioactivity to Industrial Chemistry (page 76)
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6. Catherine Chamié: Devoted Researcher of the Institut de Radium (page 82)
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7. Stefania Maracineanu: Ignored Romanian Scientist (Miruna Popescu, Marelene F. Rayner-Canham, and Geoffrey W. Rayner-Canham, page 87)
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8. Alicia Dorabialska: Polish Chemist (Stephanie Weinsberg-Tekel, page 92)
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9. Irène Joliot-Curie: Following in Her Mother's Footsteps (E. Tina Crossfield, page 97)
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10. ...And Some Other Women of the French Group (page 124)
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PART THREE: THE BRITISH GROUP (page 127)
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11. Harriet Brooks: From Researcher Pioneer to Wife and Mother (page 129)
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12. Fanny Cook Gates: A Promise Unfulfilled (page 138)
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13. Jadwiga Szmidt: A Passion for Science (page 145)
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14. Ada Hitchins: Research Assistant to Frederick Soddy (page 152)
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15. ...And Some Other Women of the British Group (page 156)
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PART FOUR: THE AUSTRO-GERMAN GROUP (page 161)
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16. Lise Meitner: The Foiled Nobelist (Sallie A. Watkins, page 163)
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17. Stefanie Horovitz: A Crucial Role in the Discovery of Isotopes (page 192)
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18. Marietta Blau: Discoverer of the Cosmic Ray "Stars" (Leopold E. Halpern, page 196)
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19. Elizaveta Karamihailova: Bulgarian Pioneer of Radioactivity (Snezha Tsoneva-Matthewson, Marelene F. Rayner-Canham, and Geoffrey W. Rayner-Canham, page 205)
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20. Elizabeth Róna: The Polonium Woman (page 209)
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21. Ida Tacke Noddack: Proposer of Nuclear Fission (Fathi Habashi, page 217)
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22. ...And Some Other Women of the Austro-German Group (page 226)
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Epilogue: The End of an Era and a New Generation (page 229)
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Appendix: Dates of Selected Events in the History of Atomic Science (1895-1940) (page 235)
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Contributors (page 237)
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Notes (page 239)
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Index (page 303)
Journal Abbreviation | Label | URL |
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ISIS | 89.4 (1998): 760-761 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/236797 |
Citable Link
Published: c1997
Publisher: Chemical Heritage Foundation
- 9780773516427 (paper)
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