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Contributions of 20th Century Women to Physics

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:19.
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URL: 

http://cwp.library.ucla.edu/

Author: 
Committee on the Status of Women in Physics and Forum on the History of Physics, American Physical Society
Excerpt: 

AN ARCHIVE PRESENTING AND DOCUMENTING SOME IMPORTANT AND ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BEFORE 1976 BY 20th CENTURY WOMEN

Annotation: 

Includes information on eighty-three physicists in resume-like form relating important contributions, honors, positions held, trivia, and a reference listing of books and articles of related interest. The reference listing may also be accessed as a whole, in list form. There are also reproductions of scientific papers written by the women themselves, historical accounts from eyewitnesses, and essays written for the site on a variety of topics. Documents are browsable by author, title, and subject and may also be searched. An annotated photo gallery and several essays of a historical nature are also provided.

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