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Notable Women in the Physical Sciences: A Biographical Dictionary / Edition 1

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ISBN-10:: 0313293031
ISBN-13:: 9780313293030
Pub. Date:: 04/30/1997
Publisher:: Bloomsbury Academic

ISBN-10:: 0313293031
ISBN-13:: 9780313293030
Pub. Date:: 04/30/1997
Publisher:: Bloomsbury Academic

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Notable Women in the Physical Sciences features substantive biographical essays on 96 world and American women scientists who have made significant contributions to the physical sciences from antiquity to the present. The essays go beyond the basic facts found in standard biographical dictionaries, bringing to life the women's developmental influences, the obstacles they faced and overcame, and their efforts to contribute to their chosen professions in spite of sometimes overwhelming disapproval by the establishment. The emphasis is on 20th-century women, and many of the living scientists profiled contributed interviews and autobiographical statements that add a vital and unique element to their profiles. Entries have been written by 70 practicing scientists and researchers who explain the scientific work clearly, in terms familiar to general readers and high school students.

Each entry provides a fact box outlining major life events, including educational and career milestones, and concludes with sources for further reading. Forty-seven photographs complement the text. Disciplines covered include astronomy, astrophysics, bacteriology, biochemistry, biophysics, cancer research, chemistry, nuclear physics, and physics. Subjects were selected on the basis of historical importance and recognition by awards such as the Garvan Medal, Annie J. Cannon Prize, Nobel Prize, MacArthur Foundation Genius award, and the National Medal of Science. Seen across time and discipline, these dedicated scientists will inspire young women pursuing careers in science.

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ISBN-13:	9780313293030
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	04/30/1997
Series:	377
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	496
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.25(d)
Lexile:	1350L (what's this?)

About the Author

BENJAMIN F. SHEARER is Vice-President for Student Life at Neumann College in Aston, Pennsylvania. He and his wife, Barbara, are the authors of Notable Women in the Life Sciences: A Biographical Dictionary (Greenwood, 1996), and State Names, Seals, Flags, and Symbols (Greenwood, 1987, rev. ed. 1994), as well as several other books published by Greenwood Press.

BARBARA S. SHEARER is Director of Public Services and External Relations at the Scott Memorial Library, Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. She is co-editor with her husband, Benjamin, of Notable Women in the Life Sciences: A Biographical Dictionary (Greenwood, 1996) and State Names, Seals, Flags, and Symbols (Greenwood, 1987, rev. ed. 1994), as well as several other books published by Greenwood Press. She is co-author (with Geneva Bush) of Finding the Source of Medical Information: A Thesaurus-Index to the Reference Collections (Greenwood, 1985). She has also published several articles on medical database searching and on bibliometrics.

Introduction
Ida Barney
Laura Bassi
Ruth Mary Roan Benerito
Leonora Neuffer Bilger
Katharine Burr Blodgett
E. Margaret Burbidge
Jocelyn Bell Burbanell
Mary Letitia Caldwell
Annie Jump Cannon
Emma Perry Carr
Marjorie C. Caserio
Mildred Cohn
Gerty Cori
Marie Sklodowska Curie
Ingrid Daubechies
Allie Vibert Douglas
Helen M. Dyer
Helen T. Edwards
Gertrude Belle Elion
Sandra Moore Faber
Catherine Clarke Fenselau
Mary Fieser
Williamina Paton Fleming
Helen M. Free
Wendy Laurel Freedman
Catharine D. Garmany
Margaret Joan Geller
Ellen Gleditsch
Jenny Pickworth Glusker
Gertrude Scharff Goldhaber
Maria Goeppert-Mayer
Mary Lowe Good
Jeanette Grasselli (Brown)
Arda Alden Green
Doroty Anna Hahn
Heidi Hammel
Anna Jane Harrison
Margaret Harwood
Caroline Herschel
Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin
E. Dorrit Hoffleit
Helen Sawyer Hogg
Icie Gertrude Macy Hoobler
Allene Rosalind Jeanes
Irène Joliot-Curie
Madeleine M. Joullié
Isabella L. Karle
Joyce Jacobson Kaufman
Vera E. Kistiakowsky
Henrietta Swan Leavitt
Leona Woods Marshall Libby
Pauline Beery Mack
Margaret Eliza Maltby
Ines Mandl
Antonia Maury
Grace Medes
Lise Meitner
Miriam the Alchemist
Maria Mitchell
Agnes Fay Morgan
Dorothy Virginia Nightingale
Cecelia Payne-Gaposchkin
Mary Engle Pennington
Marguerite Perey
Gertrude E. Perlmann
Mary Locke Petermann
Lucy Weston Pickett
Helen W. Dodson Prince
Kamal J. Ranadive
Sara H. Ratner
Ellen Swallow Richards
Jane Richardson
Dorothea Klumpke Roberts
Elizabeth Roemer
Nancy Grace Roman
Vera Cooper Rubin
Florence B. Seibert
Mary Lura Sherrill
Vandana Shiva
Jean'ne Marie Shreeve
Sofia Simmonds
Charlotte Emma Moore Sitterly
Mary Fairfax Somerville
Betty Sullivan
Henrietta Hill Swope
Paula Szkody
Beatrice Muriel Hill Tinsley
Marjorie Jean Young Vold
Emma T.R. Williams Vyssotsky
Elizabeth Amy Kreiser Weisburger
Sarah Frances Whiting
Lee Anne M. Willson
Chien-Shiung Wu
Rosemary Wyse
Xide Xie
Judith Sharn Young
Appendix I: Scientists by Profession
Appendix II: Scientists by Honors and Awards
Index

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Editorial Reviews

Gr 9 Up--This resource presents biographical essays of 96 female scientists with an emphasis on 20th-century figures. Written by 70 scientists/researchers, the profiles explain the women's attitudes and efforts, as well as accomplishments. Astronomy, astrophysics, biochemistry, chemistry, crystallography, and physics are among the disciplines covered. Some interviews and autobiographical statements, such as an interview with astronomer Heidi Hammel, who headed the imaging team for the crash of Shoemaker-Levy 9 into Jupiter in 1994, are presented. Cancer researcher Kamal J. Ranadive of India and Chinese physicist Xide Xie are also included. The biographies are well written and enhanced by 47 black-and-white photographs. A highly useful inclusion for high school students.--P. A. Dolan, Illinois State University, Normal

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Contains biographical essays on 96 world and American women scientists who have made major contributions from antiquity to the present, arranged alphabetically. Emphasis is on 20th-century women, with many entries offering interviews and autobiographical statements. Includes b&w photos. For general readers and students high school and up. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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