{"product_id":"out-of-the-shadows-contributions-of-twentieth-century-women-to-physics-hardback-9780521821971","title":"Out of the Shadows; Contributions of Twentieth-Century Women to Physics (Hardback) 9780521821971","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eOut of the Shadows\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eContributions of Twentieth-Century Women to Physics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAuthoritative 2006 description of pioneering women who made important contributions to physics from the twentieth century.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eNina Byers (Edited by), Gary Williams (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521821971, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 17 August 2006\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e498 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.8 x 2.8 cm, 0.938 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eReview of the hardback: 'A celebration of 40 women who made lasting contributions to physics … Strong role models for aspiring young physicists, both male and female.' Nature Physics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eWhy are there so few prominent female physicists? Traditionally women have faced barriers in higher education, denying them access to higher learning and scientific laboratories. Today many of these barriers have been breached, but the female pioneers who overcame discrimination and became major players in their fields remain largely in the shadows. Their names deserve to be known and the importance of their work, achievements and contributions to science warrant recognition. Originally published in 2006, Out of the Shadows provides an accurate and authoritative description of the women who made original and important contributions to physics in the twentieth century, documenting their major discoveries and putting their work into its historical context. Each chapter concentrates on a different woman, and is written by a physicist with considerable experience in their field. The book is an ideal reference for anyone with an interest in science and social history.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eForeword Freeman J. Dyson\u003cbr\u003e Introduction Nina Byers\u003cbr\u003e 1. Hertha Aryton 1854–1923 Joan Mason\u003cbr\u003e 2. Margaret Maltby 1860–1944 Peggy Kidwell\u003cbr\u003e 3. Agnes Pockels 1862–1935 Gary A. Williams\u003cbr\u003e 4. Marie Curie 1867–1934 A. Pais\u003cbr\u003e 5. Henrietta Leavitt 1868–1921 Jean L. Turner\u003cbr\u003e 6. Harriet Brooks 1876–1933 C. W. Wong\u003cbr\u003e 7. Lise Meitner 1878-1968 Ruth Lewin Sime\u003cbr\u003e 8. Emmy Noether 1882–1935 Nina Byers\u003cbr\u003e 9. Inge Lehmann 1888–1993 Bruce A. Bolt\u003cbr\u003e 10. Marietta Blau 1894–1970 Leopold Halpern and Maurice M. Shapiro\u003cbr\u003e 11. Hertha Sponer 1895–1968 Helmut Rechenberg\u003cbr\u003e 12. Irene Joliot-Curie 1897–1956 Hélène Langevin-Joliot and Pierre Radvanyi\u003cbr\u003e 13. Katherine Burr Blodgett 1898–1979 Gary A. Williams\u003cbr\u003e 14. Cecilia Payne Gaposchkin 1900–1979 Vera C. Rubin\u003cbr\u003e 15. Mary Cartwright 1900–1998 Freeman J. Dyson\u003cbr\u003e 16. Bertha Jeffreys 1903–1999 Ruth M. Williams\u003cbr\u003e 17. Kathleen Yardley Lonsdale1903–1971 Judith Milledge\u003cbr\u003e 18. Maria Goeppert Mayer 1906–1972 Steven A. Moszkowski\u003cbr\u003e 19. Helen Megaw 1907–2002 A. Michael Glazer and Christine Kelsey\u003cbr\u003e 20. Yvette Cauchois 1908–1999 Christiane Bonnelle\u003cbr\u003e 21. Marguerite Perey 1909–1975 Jean-Pierre Adloff and George B. Kauffman\u003cbr\u003e 22. Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin 1910–1994 Jenny P. Glusker\u003cbr\u003e 23. Gertrude Scharff Goldhaber 1911–1998 Alfred Scharff Goldhaber\u003cbr\u003e 24. Chien Shiung Wu 1912–1997 Noemie Bencze-Koller\u003cbr\u003e 25. Margaret E. Burbidge 1919 Virginia Trimble\u003cbr\u003e 26. Phyllis Freier 1921–1992 Cecil J. Waddington\u003cbr\u003e 27. Rosalyn S. Yalow 1921 M. S. Dresselhaus and F. A. Stahl\u003cbr\u003e 28. Esther Conwell 1922 Lewis Rothberg\u003cbr\u003e 29. Cecile Dewitt-Morette 1922 Bryce DeWitt\u003cbr\u003e 30. Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat 1923 James W. York Jr.\u003cbr\u003e 31. Vera Rubin 1928 Robert J. Rubin\u003cbr\u003e 32. Mildred S. Dresselhaus 1930 G. Dresselhaus and F. A. Stahl\u003cbr\u003e 33. Myriam Sarachik 1933 Jonathan R. Friedman\u003cbr\u003e 34. Juliet Lee-Franzini 1933 Paolo Franzini\u003cbr\u003e 35. Helen T. Edwards 1936 John Peoples\u003cbr\u003e 36. Mary K. Gaillard 1939 Andreszej Buras\u003cbr\u003e 37. Renata Kallosh 1943 Andrei Linde and Michael Gutperle\u003cbr\u003e 38. Jocelyn Bell Burnell 1943 Ferdinand V. Coroniti and Gary A. Williams\u003cbr\u003e 39. Gail G. Hanson 1947 David G. Cassel\u003cbr\u003e 40. San Lan Wu David B. 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