Shohini Ghose: Her Space, Her Time

Cover: 9780262552998 | Her Space, Her Time | Shohini Ghose | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2025

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Beschreibung

"This book tells the stories of women physicists from around the world who transformed science. Many of them discovered invisible objects in the universe, and all wore a cloak of invisibility throughout their careers. Their remarkable stories of scientific innovation, inspirational leadership and overcoming invisibility deserve to go viral"--

Über den Autor

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.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2025
Genre:	Importe , Technik allg.
Rubrik:	Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13:	9780262552998
ISBN-10:	026255299X
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Ghose, Shohini
Hersteller:	MIT Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	223 x 146 x 22 mm
Von/Mit:	Shohini Ghose
Erscheinungsdatum:	04.03.2025
Gewicht:	0,318 kg