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LocationOakland
Call NoBIOGRAPHY
TitleSisters in science : how four women physicists escaped Nazi Germany and made scientific history / Olivia Campbell.
AuthorCampbell, Olivia, author.
Barcode529661
CollectionFiction
Summary"In the 1930s, Germany was a hotbed of scientific thought. But after the Nazis took power, Jewish and female citizens were forced out of their academic positions. Hedwig Kohn, Lise Meitner, Hertha Sponer and Hildegard Stèucklen were eminent in their fields, but they had no choice but to flee due to their Jewish ancestry or anti-Nazi sentiments. Their harrowing journey out of Germany became a life-and-death situation that required Herculean efforts of friends and other prominent scientists. Lise fled to Sweden, where she made a groundbreaking discovery in nuclear physics, and the others fled to the United States, where they brought advanced physics to American universities. No matter their destination, each woman revolutionized the field of physics when all odds were stacked against them, galvanizing young women to do the same"-- Provided by publisher.
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International Standard Book Number 9780778333388 : $32.99
International Standard Book Number 0778333388 : $32.99
Dewey Decimal Classification Number 530.092/52 B 23/eng/20241213
Personal Name Campbell, Olivia, author.
Title Statement Sisters in science : how four women physicists escaped Nazi Germany and made scientific history / Olivia Campbell.
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice Toronto, Ontario : Park Row Books, [2024]
Physical Description 384 p. illustrations ; Hardcover 24 cm
Content Type text rdacontent
Media Type unmediated rdamedia
Carrier Type volume rdacarrier
Bibliography, Etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-346) and index.
Summary, Etc. "In the 1930s, Germany was a hotbed of scientific thought. But after the Nazis took power, Jewish and female citizens were forced out of their academic positions. Hedwig Kohn, Lise Meitner, Hertha Sponer and Hildegard Stèucklen were eminent in their fields, but they had no choice but to flee due to their Jewish ancestry or anti-Nazi sentiments. Their harrowing journey out of Germany became a life-and-death situation that required Herculean efforts of friends and other prominent scientists. Lise fled to Sweden, where she made a groundbreaking discovery in nuclear physics, and the others fled to the United States, where they brought advanced physics to American universities. No matter their destination, each woman revolutionized the field of physics when all odds were stacked against them, galvanizing young women to do the same"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject-Personal Name Kohn, Hedwig.
Subject-Personal Name Meitner, Lise, 1878-1968.
Subject-Personal Name Sponer, Hertha, 1895-1968.
Subject-Personal Name Stèucklen, Hildegard.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term World War, 1939-1945 Germany.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Women scientists Biography.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Women physicists Biography.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Women in physics.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Women in science.
Index Term-Genre/Form Biographies. lcgft