Geoffrey W. Rayner-Canham's Books

A Devotion to Their Science

Pioneer Women of Radioactivity

By: Marelene F. Rayner-Canham,Geoffrey Rayner-Canham

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A Devotion to Their Science

Pioneer Women of Radioactivity

By: Marelene F. Rayner-Canham,Geoffrey Rayner-Canham

Contains 17 full biographies and 6 briefer accounts of most of the early women pioneers in the study of radioactivity.

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Chemical Heritage Foundation

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0941901157

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9780941901154

Harriet Brooks

Pioneer Nuclear Scientist

By: Marelene F. Rayner-Canham,Geoffrey W. Rayner-Canham

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Harriet Brooks

Pioneer Nuclear Scientist

By: Marelene F. Rayner-Canham,Geoffrey W. Rayner-Canham

After completing a master's degree at McGill University under Rutherford's tutelage, Brooks continued her post-graduate work at Bryn Mawr College and Cambridge University, eventually returning to McGill to work again with Rutherford. In 1904 she left Canada to work at Barnard College in New York City, and then with Curie in Paris. Brooks had a significant career as a nuclear scientist, but her success was hampered by the fact that she was a woman. She eventually married and left research. Her premature death at age fifty-six was probably related to her work with radiation.

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189

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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0773563180

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9780773563186

Women in Chemistry

Their Changing Roles from Alchemical Times to the Mid-twentieth Century

By: Marelene F. Rayner-Canham,Geoffrey Rayner-Canham

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Women in Chemistry

Their Changing Roles from Alchemical Times to the Mid-twentieth Century

By: Marelene F. Rayner-Canham,Geoffrey Rayner-Canham

Though rarely noted, women have been active participants in the chemical sciences since the beginning of recorded history. This thought-provoking book brings to life the many talented women who--besides the universally respected Marie Curie--made significant contributions to chemistry. The Rayner-Canhams examine the forces that have defined women's roles in the progress of chemistry, observing that many were thwarted from capitalizing on their achievements by the prejudices of their time. Their book discusses women chemists from as far past as the Babylonian civilization but focuses on professional women chemists from the mid-19th century, when women gained access to higher education. Read this book and learn about the chemist-assistants of the French salons, about independent researchers in the 19th century, about the three disciplinary havens for women in the 20th century, about how war helped bring women into the chemical industry--and much more!

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Chemical Heritage Foundation

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0941901270

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9780941901277

Harriet Brooks

Pioneer Nuclear Scientist

By: Marelene F. Rayner-Canham,Geoffrey W. Rayner-Canham

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Pioneer Nuclear Scientist

By: Marelene F. Rayner-Canham,Geoffrey W. Rayner-Canham

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Devotion to Their Science

Pioneer Women of Radioactivity

By: Marelene F. Rayner-Canham,Geoffrey W. Rayner-Canham

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Devotion to Their Science

Pioneer Women of Radioactivity

By: Marelene F. Rayner-Canham,Geoffrey W. Rayner-Canham

A Devotion to Their Science includes biographical essays on twenty-three women who worked in atomic science during the first two decades of the twentieth century, including Marie Curie, Lise Meitner, Irène Joliot-Curie, and a host of lesser-known women scientists whose life stories have never before been told. The biographies highlight the lives and work of these women, noting their contributions and the challenges they faced and overcame. Taken together the essays record their collective experiences, highlighting the support network that developed among them and the reasons women were more predominant in this field than in other sciences in the early part of this century. By recovering and recording individual and collective histories of the many eminent women in radioactivity whose work had a major impact on the scientific discoveries of the twentieth century, a more complete, gender-integrated view of the history of this fascinating field emerges.

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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0773566589

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9780773566583

The Aspirate, Or, the Use of the Letter 'h' in English, Latin, Greek and Gaelic

By: Geoffrey Hill

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The Aspirate, Or, the Use of the Letter 'h' in English, Latin, Greek and Gaelic

By: Geoffrey Hill

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

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McIntosh Press

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1446085457

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9781446085455

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The Aspirate, Or, the Use of the Letter 'h' in English, Latin, Greek and Gaelic

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