Umfang:
x, 141 Seiten in getrennter Zählung
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Illustrationen
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26 cm
Ausgabe:
Version: 20170701
ISBN:
1681746441
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9781681746449
Serie:
IOP concise physics
Inhalt:
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
Anmerkung:
"A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics". - Impressum
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Literaturangaben
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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
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781681746456
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781681746470
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Calvin, Scott Beyond Curie San Rafael, CA : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, 2017 ISBN 9781681746456
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781681746470
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Naturwissenschaft allgemein
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Physik
Schlagwort(e):
Payne-Gaposchkin, Cecilia 1900-1979
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Meitner, Lise 1878-1968
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Wu, Chien-shiung 1912-1997
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Goeppert-Mayer, Maria 1906-1972
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