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Stefanie Horovitz, Ellen Gleditsch, Ada Hitchins, and the discovery of isotopes

Rayner-Canham, Marelene F.

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Title
Stefanie Horovitz, Ellen Gleditsch, Ada Hitchins, and the discovery of isotopes
Author(s)
Rayner-Canham, Marelene F.
Contributor(s)
Rayner-Canham, Geoffrey W.
Issue Date
2000-09-15
Keyword(s)
  • History
  • Chemistry
  • Biog Horovitz Gleditsch Hitchins
Abstract
The contributions of three women, Stefanie Horovitz, Ellen Gleditsch and Ada Hitchins, to the early work on isotopes (e.g., Pb, Cl, Th) are related. The identification of three women scientists who played significant roles in the discovery of the existence of isotopes, emphasizes the need to correct the impression that scientific research in the early decades of the 20th century is dominated by male scientists.
Publisher
Division of the History of Chemistry
ISSN
1053-4385
Type of Resource
text
Genre of Resource
article
Language
eng
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https://hdl.handle.net/2142/126178
DOI
https://doi.org/10.70359/bhc2000v025p103
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Copyright 2000 Division of the History of Chemistry

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Bulletin for the History of Chemistry: Volume 25, Number 2, 2000 PRIMARY