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Beyond Curie
Title statement Beyond Curie : four women in physics and their remarkable discoveries, 1903 to 1963 / Scott Calvi. [elektronický zdroj] Publication San Rafael [California] (40 Oak Drive, San Rafael, CA, 94903, USA) : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, [2017] Distribution Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) : IOP Publishing, [2017] Phys.des. 1 online resource (various pagings) : illustrations (some color). ISBN 9781681746456 (online) 9781681746470 mobi Edition [IOP release 3] IOP concise physics, ISSN 2053-2571 Note "Version: 20170701"--Title page verso. "A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso. Internal Bibliographies/Indexes Note Includes bibliographical references. Contents 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Why am I writing this book? -- 1.2. An essential tension -- 1.3. A few words on names Content note 2. Cecilia Payne -- 2.1. Beyond Curie -- 2.2. No insuperable objections -- 2.3. The Harvard Computers -- 2.4. Starstuff -- 2.5. Two astronomers from Cambridge -- 2.6. Reactions -- 2.7. Blocked paths -- 2.8. Love (of science) levels all ranks -- 2.9. Science summary : stellar spectra. 3. Lise Meitner -- 3.1. Making up for lost time -- 3.2. Questions of credit -- 3.3. A scientific powerhouse -- 3.4. Tumult -- 3.5. How Nobel Prizes are selected -- 3.6. Beyond uranium -- 3.7. The breakdown of science -- 3.8. Our Madame Curie -- 3.9. Science summary : nuclear fission. 4. Chien-Shiung Wu -- 4.1. Mighty hero -- 4.2. Exile -- 4.3. Pushing back -- 4.4. Rising through the ranks -- 4.5. 'Wasting her time' -- 4.6. Instant Nobel -- 4.7. Honors -- 4.8. Science summary : parity. 5. Maria Mayer -- 5.1. The seventh generation -- 5.2. From nuisance to necessary -- 5.3. A new era -- 5.4. Magic -- 5.5. A different way to win a race -- 5.6. Quarter loafs -- 5.7. A typical genius -- 5.8. Science summary : nuclear shell model -- 6. Afterword. Notes to Availability Přístup pouze pro oprávněné uživatele Audience General readership, history of science, women in science and physics. Note Způsob přístupu: World Wide Web.. Požadavky na systém: Adobe Acrobat Reader, EPUB reader, or Kindle reader. Another responsib. Morgan & Claypool Publishers, Institute of Physics (Great Britain), Personalities Payne-Gaposchkin, Cecilia, 1900-1979.
Meitner, Lise, 1878-1968.
Wu, C. S. (Chien-shiung), 1912-1997.
Mayer, Maria Goeppert, 1906-1972.Subj. Headings Women physicists - Biography. * Physics. * General & Introductory Physics. Form, Genre elektronické knihy electronic books Country Kalifornie Language angličtina Document kind Electronic books URL Plný text pro studenty a zaměstnance UPOL 
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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.
1. Introduction -- 1.1. Why am I writing this book? -- 1.2. An essential tension -- 1.3. A few words on names2. Cecilia Payne -- 2.1. Beyond Curie -- 2.2. No insuperable objections -- 2.3. The Harvard Computers -- 2.4. Starstuff -- 2.5. Two astronomers from Cambridge -- 2.6. Reactions -- 2.7. Blocked paths -- 2.8. Love (of science) levels all ranks -- 2.9. Science summary : stellar spectra3. Lise Meitner -- 3.1. Making up for lost time -- 3.2. Questions of credit -- 3.3. A scientific powerhouse -- 3.4. Tumult -- 3.5. How Nobel Prizes are selected -- 3.6. Beyond uranium -- 3.7. The breakdown of science -- 3.8. Our Madame Curie -- 3.9. Science summary : nuclear fission4. Chien-Shiung Wu -- 4.1. Mighty hero -- 4.2. Exile -- 4.3. Pushing back -- 4.4. Rising through the ranks -- 4.5. 'Wasting her time' -- 4.6. Instant Nobel -- 4.7. Honors -- 4.8. Science summary : parity5. Maria Mayer -- 5.1. The seventh generation -- 5.2. From nuisance to necessary -- 5.3. A new era -- 5.4. Magic -- 5.5. A different way to win a race -- 5.6. Quarter loafs -- 5.7. A typical genius -- 5.8. Science summary : nuclear shell model -- 6. Afterword.
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