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xx, 307 p. : Grayscale Illustration, Tables ; 24 cm. |
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ACLS Humanities E-Book.
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| Note |
Legal deposit third quarter 1997. |
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Printed in Canada on acid-free paper. |
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This book has been published with the help of a grant from the Subvention Fund of the Memorial University of Newfoundland. |
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We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts for our publishing program. |
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Chapter 3 was originally published as "Marie Curie's 'Anti-natural Path': Time Only for Science and Family" in G. Abir-Am and Dorinda Outram, eds., Uneasy Careers and Intimate Lives (New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1987). It is published here by permission of Rutgers University Press. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Part One The Overview -- Part Two The French Group -- Part Three The British Group -- Part Four The Austro-German Group. |
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Early Years of Radioactivity -- Pioneer Women of Radioactivity -- Marie Curie: Time Only for Science and Family -- Ellen Gleditsch: Professor and Humanist -- May Sybil Leslie: From Radioactivity to Industrial Chemistry -- Catherine Chamié: Devoted Researcher of the Institut de Radium -- Stefania Maracineanu: Ignored Romanian Scientist -- Alicia Dorabialska: Polish Chemist -- Irène Joliot-Curie: Following in Her Mother's Footsteps -- ... And Some Other Women of the French 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 -- 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 Tacke Noddack: Proposer of Nuclear Fission -- ... And Some Other Women of the Austro-German Group. |
| Credits |
Co-published by: Chemical Heritage Foundation. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2019. EPUB file. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) |
| Subject |
Women chemists -- Biography.
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Women physicists -- Biography.
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Nuclear physics -- History.
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Radioactivity -- History.
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Rayner-Canham, Geoffrey William, 1944-
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Chemical Heritage Foundation.
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| Added Author |
American Council of Learned Societies.
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| Translated Title |
Bibliothèque nationale du Québec. |
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Typeset in Palatino 10/12 by Caractéra inc., Quebec City. |
| In: |
ACLS Humanities E-Book. URL: https://www.humanitiesebook.org/ |
| ISBN |
0941901165 (cloth) |
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0941901157 (paper) |
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0773516085 (bound)- |
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0773516425 (pbk.) |
| Standard No. |
2027/heb08333 hdl |
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