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Chapters in this book

  1. Front Matter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Preface ix
  4. Acknowledgments xi
  5. Foreword xiii
  6. The Overview
  7. Early Years of Radioactivity 3
  8. Pioneer Women of Radioactivity 12
  9. The French Group
  10. Marie Curie: Time Only for Science and Family 31
  11. Ellen Gleditsch: Professor and Humanist 51
  12. May Sybil Leslie: From Radioactivity to Industrial Chemistry 76
  13. Catherine Chamie: Devoted Researcher of the Institut de Radium 82
  14. Stefania Maracineanu: Ignored Romanian Scientist 87
  15. Alicja Dorabialska: Polish Chemist 92
  16. Irène Joliot-Curie: Following in Her Mother's Footsteps 97
  17. ... And Some Other Women of the French Group 124
  18. The British Group
  19. Harriet Brooks: From Research Pioneer to Wife and Mother 129
  20. Fanny Cook Gates: A Promise Unfulfilled 138
  21. Jadwiga Szmidt: A Passion for Science 145
  22. Ada Hitchins: Research Assistant to Frederick Soddy 152
  23. ... And Some Other Women of the British Group 156
  24. The Austro-German Group
  25. Lise Meitner: The Foiled Nobelist 163
  26. Stefanie Horovitz: A Crucial Role in the Discovery of Isotopes 192
  27. Marietta Blau: Discoverer of the Cosmic Ray "Stars" 196
  28. Elizaveta Karamihailova: Bulgarian Pioneer of Radioactivity 205
  29. Elizabeth Rona: The Polonium Woman 209
  30. Ida Noddack: Proposer of Nuclear Fission 217
  31. ... And Some Other Women of the Austro-German Group 226
  32. Epilogue: The End of an Era and a New Generation 229
  33. Appendix: Dates of Selected Events in the History of Atomic Science (1895–1940) 235
  34. Contributors 237
  35. Notes 239
  36. Index 303
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Chapters in this book

  1. Front Matter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Preface ix
  4. Acknowledgments xi
  5. Foreword xiii
  6. The Overview
  7. Early Years of Radioactivity 3
  8. Pioneer Women of Radioactivity 12
  9. The French Group
  10. Marie Curie: Time Only for Science and Family 31
  11. Ellen Gleditsch: Professor and Humanist 51
  12. May Sybil Leslie: From Radioactivity to Industrial Chemistry 76
  13. Catherine Chamie: Devoted Researcher of the Institut de Radium 82
  14. Stefania Maracineanu: Ignored Romanian Scientist 87
  15. Alicja Dorabialska: Polish Chemist 92
  16. Irène Joliot-Curie: Following in Her Mother's Footsteps 97
  17. ... And Some Other Women of the French Group 124
  18. The British Group
  19. Harriet Brooks: From Research Pioneer to Wife and Mother 129
  20. Fanny Cook Gates: A Promise Unfulfilled 138
  21. Jadwiga Szmidt: A Passion for Science 145
  22. Ada Hitchins: Research Assistant to Frederick Soddy 152
  23. ... And Some Other Women of the British Group 156
  24. The Austro-German Group
  25. Lise Meitner: The Foiled Nobelist 163
  26. Stefanie Horovitz: A Crucial Role in the Discovery of Isotopes 192
  27. Marietta Blau: Discoverer of the Cosmic Ray "Stars" 196
  28. Elizaveta Karamihailova: Bulgarian Pioneer of Radioactivity 205
  29. Elizabeth Rona: The Polonium Woman 209
  30. Ida Noddack: Proposer of Nuclear Fission 217
  31. ... And Some Other Women of the Austro-German Group 226
  32. Epilogue: The End of an Era and a New Generation 229
  33. Appendix: Dates of Selected Events in the History of Atomic Science (1895–1940) 235
  34. Contributors 237
  35. Notes 239
  36. Index 303
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