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Genre/Form: | Electronic books Biography Biographies |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Rayner-Canham, Marelene F. Harriet Brooks. Montréal ; Buffalo : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©1992 (DLC) 92173880 |
Named Person: | Harriet Brooks; Harriet Brooks; Harriet Brooks |
Material Type: | Biography, Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Marelene F Rayner-Canham; Geoffrey Rayner-Canham |
ISBN: | 9780773563186 0773563180 |
OCLC Number: | 243564705 |
Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 168 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, portraits |
Contents: | ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Illustrations""; ""1 Harriet Brooks: Pioneer Woman Physicist""; ""2 The Brooks Family""; ""3 Defying Convention: The McGill Years""; ""4 A Year at Bryn Mawr""; ""5 Life with J.J. at the Cavendish""; ""6 Back Home to McGill""; ""7 The Rights of a Woman: Barnard College""; ""8 A Summer in the Adirondacks""; ""9 European Travels: Capri, Paris, and London""; ""10 The Eventful Summer of 1907""; ""11 Adapting to Married Life""; ""12 Family Life: From Joy to Sorrow""; ""13 Why Has Brooks Been Overlooked?""; ""Appendix 1: The Radioactive Decay Series"" ""Appendix 2: The Cavendish Song""""Appendix 3: Address by Harriet Brooks to the McGill Alumnae Society""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""W""; ""Z"" |
Responsibility: | Marelene F. Rayner-Canham, Geoffrey W. Rayner-Canham. |
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"Fills a significant gap, not only in the contribution of women to science but for the accurate representation of the early history of the theory of the transmutation of elements." M.H. Chaplin, Choice. Read more...
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- Physiciens -- Canada -- Biographies.
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- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Science & Technology.
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- Canada.
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