Beyond Curie: Four Women in Physics and Their Remarkable Discoveries, 1903 to 1963

In the 116 year history of the Nobel Prize in Physics, only two women have won the award; Marie Curie (1903) and Maria Mayer (1963). During the 60 years between those awards, several women did work of similar calibre. This book focuses on those women, providing biographies for each that discuss both how they made their discoveries and the gender-specific reception of those discoveries. It also discusses the Nobel process and how society and the scientific community's treatment of them were influenced by their gender.

Author: Scott Calvin
Publisher: Iop Concise Physics
Published: 07/31/2017
Pages: 152
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.61lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.33d
ISBN13: 9781681746449
ISBN10: 1681746441
BISAC Categories:
- Science | Physics | General
- Biography & Autobiography | Women
- Social Science | Women's Studies

About the Author
Scott Calvin received his PhD in chemical physics from the City University of New York. He has taught, conducted research, and advised students in a wide variety of institutions including the Naval Research Laboratory, Brookhaven National Laboratory, the Hayden Planetarium, Sarah Lawrence College and several others. He is the author of We Can Do It! A Problem Solving Graphic Novel Guide for General Physics, and open source artisanal pop-up book National Synchroton Light Source II: Long Island's State of the Art X-Ray Microscope.