CONTRIBUTIONS OF 20TH CENTURY WOMEN TO PHYSICS

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Web Name: CONTRIBUTIONS OF 20TH CENTURY WOMEN TO PHYSICS

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AN ARCHIVE PRESENTING AND DOCUMENTING SOME IMPORTANT ANDORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BEFORE 1976 BY 20th CENTURYWOMEN. Whose faces are shown above? The graphic show the faces of some physicists spanning threegenerations. Click here for theirnames.They are among the 83 women for whom data is archived in this website. What can you find in this archive? Descriptions of important contributions to science made by83 women in the 20th century. Theseare documented by the original papers in which the discoveries werefirst reported. In addition there are historical essays and other historicaldocuments noteasily available elsewhere. Women in those centuries did not have access toinstitutions of higher learning. Their participation in scientificdiscovery was not possible. There are some notable exceptions such as milie du Ch telet, Sofia Kovalevskya, and Mary Somervillebut generally women' intellectual development was thwarted. Brief historical account.. By the last quarter ofthe century there were many more women working as physicist than inearlier years, too many for this website.Each woman in this website has been carefully and thoroughlyresearched, and the descriptions oftheir work vetted by distinguished colleagues who served as Field Editors. believe there are more women whose contributions should be recognizedbut time and resources did not allow for further additions.This work would not have been possible without the generous support ofThe Alfred P. SloanFoundation, the AmericanPhysical Society, the University of California, UCLA Physics andAstronomy Department, the Laboratories of NIST, Joan Palevsky and othergenerous donors.we suggest some books and articles on the webpages and have included avery large reference database in this website.

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Contributions of 20th Century Women to Physics: Historical archive of profiles of 20th century women who have made original and important contributions to physics. Each profile focuses on the physicist's scientific work, presents brief descriptions of major contributions,and lists important publications, honors, and appointments.

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