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An exciting new title in the vein of Women physicists and astronomers from around the world have transformed science and society, but the critical roles they played in their fields are not always well-sung. In each chapter of the book Engaging, accessible, and timely, Some of the featured women scientists in the book -;;;Williamina Fleming -;;;Annie Jump Cannon -;;;Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin -;;;Antonia Maury -;;;Henrietta Leavitt -;;;Margaret Burbidge -;;;Mary Golda Ross -;;;Dilhan Eryurt -;;;Claudia Alexander -;;;Joyce Neighbors -;;;Navajo women of Shiprock -;;;Harriet Brooks -;;;Marie Curie -;;;Lise Meitner -;;;Marietta Blau -;;;Hertha Wambacher -;;;Bibha Chowdhuri -;;;Wu Chien-Shiung -;;;Women of the Manhattan Project -;;;Vera Rubin...
List of contents
Table of Contents:
- INTRODUCTION
- 1. FINDING SPACE: STELLAR DECODERS WHO CATALOGED THE UNIVERSE ANNIE JUMP CANNON, ANNA DRAPER, WILLIAMINA FLEMING, ANTONIA MAURY, CECILIA PAYNE-GAPOSCHKIN, AND THE WOMEN OF THE HARVARD COLLEGE OBSERVATORY
- 2. ABOUT TIME: DISCOVERERS OF THE BIG BANG HENRIETTA LEAVITT AND MARGARET BURBIDGE
- 3. ESCAPE VELOCITY: PATHFINDERS IN SPACE EXPLORATION MARY GOLDA ROSS, JOYCE NEIGHBORS, DILHAN ERYURT, CLAUDIA ALEXANDER, AND THE WOMEN WHO POWERED NASA'S SPACE PROGRAM
- 4. A MATTER OF CHOICE: RADIOACTIVITY RESEARCHERS HARRIET BROOKS AND MARIE SKŁODOWSKA CURIE
- 5. BINDING ENERGY: THE ATOM SPLITTER LISE MEITNER
- 6. FORCES OF NATURE: THE SUBATOMIC PHOTOGRAPHERS MARIETTA BLAU, HERTHA WAMBACHER BIBHA CHOWDHURI AND ELISA FROTA-PESSOA
- 7. ASYMMETRY: NATURE’S RULEBREAKERS CHIEN-SHIUNG WU AND VERA RUBIN
- EPILOGUE
- THE SCIENTIFIC RECORD
- DIGGING DEEPER
About the author
Shohini Ghose is Professor of Physics and Computer Science at Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada. She is Director of the Laurier Centre for Women in Science (WinS) and the NSERC Chair for Women in Science and Engineering. She is the recipient of several awards, including a TED Senior Fellowship and selection to the College of the Royal Society of Canada, and in 2019, was among 25 women scientists worldwide featured in a UNESCO exhibit in Paris. She is the author of Clues to the Cosmos.
Summary
An exciting new title in the vein of Hidden Figures, which tells the inspiring stories of long-overlooked women physicists and astronomers who discovered the fundamental rules of the universe and reshaped the rules of society.
