Out of the Shadows
Subtitle: Contributions of Twentieth-Century Women to Physics
Contributors: Nina Byers (Editor); Gary Williams (Editor)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: September 4, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 498
ISBN-13: 9780521821971
Subjects: History of science; Science; Science/Mathematics; History; Physics; Women's Studies - History; Science / Physics; 20th century; Women physicists
First sentence: Hertha Ayrton came to science through invention: her biographer Evelyn Sharp traced her mechanical ability to her father, a watchmaker.