Women in the History of Quantum Physics

This engaging book recovers the stories of sixteen women who made significant contributions to the development of quantum physics.

Autorentext
Patrick Charbonneau is Professor of Chemistry and Physics at Duke University. His research focuses on theoretical aspects of soft matter and statistical physics. He also co-curated an exhibit on macromolecular visualization, leads an oral history project, and lectures on the history of chemistry. Michelle Frank is a 20242025 Public Scholar with the National Endowment for the Humanities. She was the 20232024 Sloan Fellow at the Leon Levy Center for Biography. She holds a JD from the University of Michigan and an MA from the CUNY Graduate Center. She is a former fellow with the Consortium for History of Science, Technology and Medicine.Margriet van der Heijden is a particle physicist by training and a part time Professor of Science Communication in Physics at the Applied Physics Department of Eindhoven University of Technology. She is also a renowned science journalist and writer in the Netherlands, having published several nonfiction books on women's contributions to physics and mathematics.Daniela Monaldi is Assistant Professor in the Science, Technology and Society Department of York University, Canada. She teaches science and technology studies, the history of science, gender in STEM, and science, technology, and food. She was a postdoctoral fellow at the Max-Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin, Germany.

Inhalt
Introduction Patrick Charbonneau, Michelle Frank, Margriet van der Heijden and Daniela Monaldi; 1. The spectrum of He+ as a proving ground for Bohr's Model of the atom: a legacy of Williamina Fleming's astrophysical discovery Maria McEachern and Bretislav Friedrich; 2. H. Johanna van Leeuwen: the other scientist behind the Bohr-Van Leeuwen theorem Miriam Blaauboer and Margriet van der Heijden; 3. Hertha Sponer, Maven of quantum spectroscopy Elise Crull; 4. Angular and career momentum: what Lucy Mensing contributed to physics and why she left the field Gernot Münster and Michel Janssen; 5. Discouraging Jane: Dewey among the lucky generation of US physicists Adriana Minor; 6. Laura Chalk and the stark effect Daniela Monaldi; 7. Elizabeth Monroe Boggs: from quantum chemistry to the Manhattan project Patrick Charbonneau; 8. Excelsior! John Wheeler, Katharine Way, and the role of women in the exploration of the microcosm Stefano Furlan; 9. Sonja Ashauer from São Paulo to Cambridge: a journey to quantum electrodynamics Barbra Miguele and Ivã Gurgel; 10. Untangling entanglement history: early quantum contributions of Chien-Shiung Wu Michelle Frank; 11. From quantum physics to ethics: Grete Hermann on Heisenberg's Cut Andrea Reichenberger; 12. Women take the lead: a physics laboratory under the dictatorship in Portugal, 1940s-1960s Ana Simões and Maria Paula Diogo; 13. Carolyn Parker's electronic frequencies Charnell Chasten Long; 14. The Chew-Low-Salzman method and Freda Friedman Salzman: a physicist between nuclear and social interactions Jens Salomon; 15. Out of the ivory tower: Maria Lluïsa Canut and X-ray crystallography Marta Jordi Taltavull; 16. Ana María Cetto Kramis: light in quantum mechanics and open science Mar Rivera Colomer; Index.