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Their day in the sun : women of the Manhattan Project / Ruth H. Howes and Caroline L. Herzenberg ; foreword by Ellen C. Weaver.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Labor and social changePublication details: Philadelphia, PA : Temple University Press, 1999.Description: viii, 264 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0585388814 (electronic bk.)
  • 9780585388816 (electronic bk.)
  • 1566397197 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9781566397193 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 1592131921
  • 9781592131921
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QC773.3.U5 H68 1999
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Also available as an electronic book via the World Wide Web to institutions affiliated with netLibrary, Inc.
Contents:
The Great Scientific Adventure -- The Founding Mothers: Pioneers in Nuclear Science -- The Physicists -- The Chemists -- Mathematicians and Calculators -- Biologists and Medical Scientists -- The Technicians -- Other Women of the Manhattan Project -- After the War.
Review: "The history of the Manhattan Project, America's extremely secretive effort during World War II to develop the atomic bomb, is almost always presented in light of the male scientists who made the bomb. But, in fact, a large number of women were also involved in the project, although until now their contributions have largely been ignored."--Jacket.Summary: "Authors Ruth H. Howes and Caroline L. Herzenberg discuss the various scientific problems the women helped to solve as well as the discrimination they faced in their work. Their abrupt recruitment for the war effort and anecdotes of everyday life in the clandestine, improvised communities, what happened to the women after the war, and their present attitudes toward the work they did on the bomb are also included."--Jacket.
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Books (30-Day Checkout) Books (30-Day Checkout) Nash Library General Stacks QC773.3.U5H68 1999 Available 33710001227540

Includes bibliographical references (237-251) and index.

The Great Scientific Adventure -- The Founding Mothers: Pioneers in Nuclear Science -- The Physicists -- The Chemists -- Mathematicians and Calculators -- Biologists and Medical Scientists -- The Technicians -- Other Women of the Manhattan Project -- After the War.

"The history of the Manhattan Project, America's extremely secretive effort during World War II to develop the atomic bomb, is almost always presented in light of the male scientists who made the bomb. But, in fact, a large number of women were also involved in the project, although until now their contributions have largely been ignored."--Jacket.

"Authors Ruth H. Howes and Caroline L. Herzenberg discuss the various scientific problems the women helped to solve as well as the discrimination they faced in their work. Their abrupt recruitment for the war effort and anecdotes of everyday life in the clandestine, improvised communities, what happened to the women after the war, and their present attitudes toward the work they did on the bomb are also included."--Jacket.

Also available as an electronic book via the World Wide Web to institutions affiliated with netLibrary, Inc.