Contains 17 full biographies and 6 briefer accounts of most of the early women pioneers in the study of radioactivity.
Contains 17 full biographies and 6 briefer accounts of most of the early women pioneers in the study of radioactivity.
"Throughout history, many myths concerning the capabilities of women have received the stamp of approval from the world of science. Meanwhile, the scientific community itself has been notoriously slow in welcoming the work of women scientists. Is there a connection?" "Women, Sci…
Surveys the scientific research on gender throughout the ages, the people, experiments, and impact, of both legitimate and illegitimate findings on the scientific community, women scientists, and society at large.
The years 1920-1970 saw revolutionary change in the character of the monetary system as a consequence of depression, war, and finally prosperity. Against this background of change, Perry Mehrling tells a story of continuity around the crucial question of the role of money in Ame…
Readers of Freeman Dyson's previous books, Disturbing the Universe, Weapons and Hope, and Infinite in All Directions, have discovered for themselves what Dyson reveals here: that he was a writer long before he became a distinguished scientist. The aim of this new book, as Dyson …
These 35 essays by astrophysicist Dyson on the faces of science and its practitioners, and on the ethical dilemmas surrounding science and the human condition are grouped loosely into stories, things, institutions, politics, books, and people. The volume includes fascinating acc…
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