Making Contributions: An Historical Overview of Women's Role in Physics
Making Contributions: An Historical Overview of Women's Role in Physics
By Barbara Lotze
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The under-representation of women in physics is a profound problem worldwide. Given the importance of encouraging more women to engage with physics, there is a lot to be learned from women who have succeeded in the field. With an introduction by Barbara Lotze, herself an eminent physicist, this book explores women in physics over time, highlighting the achievements and profiling the careers of some highly successful women physicists.
Chapters include:
• "Women Physicists in Past Generations"—Katherine R. Sopka
• "Lise Meitner’s Scientific Legacy"—Sallie A. Watkins
• "Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin: The Making of an Astrophysicist"—Peggy A. Kidwell
• "The Lady Wanted to Purchase a Wheatstone Bridge: Sarah Frances Whiting and Her Successor"—Janet B. Guernsey
• "Women in Physics: Today and Looking Toward the Future"—Lucille B. Garmon.
Making Contributions: An Historical Overview of Women's Role in Physics is a fascinating resource for anyone interested in physics and women’s roles and contributions to the field. It also speaks to those interested in the history and philosophy of science.
