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Canada’s First Woman Nuclear Physicist, Harriet Brooks, 1876-1933
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Canada’s First Woman Nuclear Physicist, Harriet Brooks, 1876-1933
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| Abstract |
The McGill-educated Brooks taught mathematics and physics at the university before moving on to Columbia University in 1905. While at McGill, she became one of the first members of the research group directed by noted physicist Ernest Rutherford. Brooks published several papers on radioactivity during this period.
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Despite the Odds: Essays on Canadian Women and Science
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Montreal
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Véhicule Press
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1990
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195-203
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en
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Rayner-Canham, M. F. “Canada’s First Woman Nuclear Physicist, Harriet Brooks, 1876-1933.” In Despite the Odds: Essays on Canadian Women and Science, edited by Marianne Gosztonyi Ainley, 195–203. Montreal: Véhicule Press, 1990.
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