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After the war
Title statement After the war : women in physics in the United States / Ruth H. Howes, Caroline L. Herzenberg. [elektronický zdroj] Publication San Rafael [California] (40 Oak Drive, San Rafael, CA, 94903, USA) : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, [2015] Distribution Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) : IOP Publishing, [2015] Phys.des. 1 online resource (various pagings) : illustrations (some color). ISBN 9781681740942 (online) 9781681742229 mobi Edition [IOP release 2] IOP concise physics, ISSN 2053-2571 Note "Version: 20151201"--Title page verso. "A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso. Internal Bibliographies/Indexes Note Includes bibliographical references. Contents Preface -- 1. Introduction. The setting for women in physics after World War II -- 2. Women physicists in the national laboratories -- 3. Women physicists in research universities -- 4. Women physicists in industry -- 5. Women physicists in the women's colleges -- 6. Women in astrophysics and early NASA space science -- 7. Other women physicists -- 8. Epilogue: some final thoughts. Notes to Availability Přístup pouze pro oprávněné uživatele Audience Trade - History of science. Note Způsob přístupu: World Wide Web.. Požadavky na systém: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Another responsib. Herzenberg, Caroline L., 1932- Another responsib. Morgan & Claypool Publishers, Institute of Physics (Great Britain), Subj. Headings Women physicists - United States - Biography. * Physicists - United States - Biography. * SCIENCE / Physics / General. * Physics. Form, Genre elektronické knihy electronic books Country Kalifornie Language angličtina Document kind Electronic books URL Plný text pro studenty a zaměstnance UPOL book
This book examines the lives and contributions of American women physicists who were active in the years following World War II, during the middle decades of the 20th century. It covers the strategies they used to survive and thrive in a time where their gender was against them. The percentage of woman taking PhDs in physics has risen from 6% in 1983 to 20% in 2012 (an all-time high for women). By understanding the history of women in physics, these gains can continue. It discusses two major classes of women physicists; those who worked on military projects, and those who worked in industrial laboratories and at universities largely in the late 1940s and 1950s. While it includes minimal discussion of physics and physicists in the 1960s and later, this book focuses on the challenges and successes of women physicists in the years immediately following World War II and before the eras of affirmative actions and the use of the personal computer.
Preface -- 1. Introduction. The setting for women in physics after World War II -- 2. Women physicists in the national laboratories -- 3. Women physicists in research universities -- 4. Women physicists in industry -- 5. Women physicists in the women's colleges -- 6. Women in astrophysics and early NASA space science -- 7. Other women physicists -- 8. Epilogue: some final thoughts.
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