After the war : women in physics in the United States / Ruth H. Howes, Caroline L. Herzenberg.
After the war : women in physics in the United States / Ruth H. Howes, Caroline L. Herzenberg.
After the war : women in physics in the United States / Ruth H. Howes, Caroline L. Herzenberg.
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San Rafael, CA : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, [2015]
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G 2016/1917
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English
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1 volume (various pagings) : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm.
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text
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unmediated
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volume
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Preface -- 1. Introduction. The setting for women in physics after World War II -- 2. Women physicists in the national laboratories -- 3. Women physicists in research universities -- 4. Women physicists in industry -- 5. Women physicists in the women's colleges -- 6. Women in astrophysics and early...
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San Rafael, CA : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, [2015]
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California
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[2015]
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This book examines the lives and contributions of American women physicists who were active in the years following World War II, during the middle decades of the 20th century. It covers the strategies they used to survive and thrive in a time where their gender was against them. The percentage of woman taking PhDs in physics has risen from 6% in 19...
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After the war : women in physics in the United States / Ruth H. Howes, Caroline L. Herzenberg.
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Women in physics in the United States.
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IOP concise physics, 2053-2571
"Version: 20151201"--Title page verso.
"A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references.
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©2015
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Ruth H Howes is Professor Emerita of Physics and Astronomy at Ball State University. She holds a PhD from Columbia University where she did her dissertation work under the direction of C S Wu. She retired from Ball State as the George and Frances Ball Distinguished Professor of Physics and Astronomy in 2003 and served as Professor of Physics and Ch...
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G 2016/1917
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74VKVdVXjgPd
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVdVXjgPd
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1681740303 paperback
9781681740300 paperback
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530.0922
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991024000452402626
