FASCINATING DOCUMENTS
These documents are about or are written by women whose scientific work is described in CWP. They are not easily found elsewhere and of particular interest from a biographical or scientific or historical point of view.
[Those published for the first time in this website are marked with * .]
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| Document Title |
Date |
Author |
Refers to: |
Description |
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| A Tribute
to Dr. Franklin |
1959 |
W. M. Stanley, |
Rosalind Franklin |
published article |
| A
Volatile Product from Radium |
1904 |
Harriet Brooks |
Harriet Brooks |
scientific paper |
| Adventure into Space |
1983 |
E. Margaret Burbidge |
E. Margaret Burbidge |
Presidential lecture |
| An account
of the history of the Ayrton fan |
1923 |
A. P. Trotter |
Hertha Marks Ayrton |
historical account* |
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| Bertha
Jeffreys |
1999 |
Ruth Williams |
Bertha Swirles, Lady Jeffreys |
obituary |
| Biographical Sketch |
1995 |
Sandra M. Faber |
Sandra M. Faber |
autobiography* |
| ---C--- |
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| Chien-Shiung Wu, |
1997 |
William Dicke |
Chien-Shiung Wu |
obituary |
| Citation
for Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science |
2000 |
Ruth Lynden-Bell |
Helen Megaw |
Honorary degree citation |
| Crystal
Statistics II: Partition Function Evaluated by Spinor Analysis |
1949 |
Bruria Kaufman |
Bruria Kaufman |
scientific paper |
| Crystal
Statistics III: Short-Range Order in a Binary Ising Lattice |
1949 |
Bruria Kaufman & Lars Onsager |
Bruria Kaufman |
scientific paper |
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| Does tau
-> pi + nu(tau)? |
1978 |
Gail Hanson |
Gail Hanson |
unpublished paper* |
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| E. Margaret
Burbidge |
1981 |
Vera Rubin |
E. Margaret Burbidge |
published article |
| E. Noether's
Discovery of the Deep ... |
1999 |
Nina Byers |
Emmy Noether |
published article |
| Early Nuclear Physics |
1999 |
Steven A. Moszkowski & Chun Wa Wong |
Marie Curie, Bertha Karlik, Ida Noddack, Marguerite Perey,
Harriet Brooks, Fanny Gates, Maria Goeppert-Mayer |
brief history* |
| Effect of Heat
on Excited Radioactivity |
1903 |
Fanny Cook Gates |
Fanny Cook Gates |
scientific paper |
| Evidence
for Jet Structure in Hadron Production by e+e- Annihilation |
1975 |
Hanson, Gail et al. |
Gail Hanson |
scientific paper |
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| Hertha
Marks Ayrton |
1993 |
Marjorie Malley |
Hertha Marks Ayrton |
biographical article |
| Honour for
one of our oldest members |
2000 |
Kate Crennel & Ruth Lynden-Bell |
Helen Megaw |
BCA Notice |
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| Inge Lehmann |
1997 |
Bolt, Bruce |
Inge Lehmann |
biographical memoir |
| Inge
Lehmann: Reminiscences |
1994 |
Jeffreys, Bertha Swirles |
Inge Lehmann |
published article |
| Invariant
Variation Problems |
1918 |
Emmy Noether, trans. M A. Tavel |
Emmy Noether |
scientific paper (Eng. trans.) |
| Invariante
Variationprobleme |
1918 |
Emmy Noether |
Emmy Noether |
scientific paper |
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| Katharine Way |
1996 |
Murray Martin, |
Way, Katherine |
obituary |
| Kristine Meyer:
Recepient of ... |
1899 |
C. Christiansen & K. Prytz |
Kirstine Bjerrum |
Citation |
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| Light on
a Dark Lady |
1998 |
Anne Piper |
Rosalind Franklin |
biographical article |
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| Millikan's
Letter |
1936 |
Millikan, Robert |
Sponer, Hertha; Meitner, Lise; Curie, Marie |
Letter |
| Missing Elements
in the Periodic Table |
1999 |
Moszkowski, Steven A. |
Noddack, Ida; Perey Marguerite; Karlik, Bertha; Joliot-Curie,
Irene; Meitner, Lise |
brief history* |
| Mistress of Girton
whose mathematical work formed the basis of chaos theory |
1998 |
Daily Telagraph |
Cartwright, Mary |
obituary |
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| Nuclear Fission |
1999 |
Moszkowski, Steven A. |
Noddack, Ida; Joliot-Curie, Irene; Meitner, Lise |
brief description* |
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| On the Nature
of Certain Radiations from the Sulphate of Quinine |
1903 |
Gates, Fanny Cook |
Gates, Fanny Cook |
scientific paper |
| On the
photographic effects of natural H-rays |
1928 |
Blau, Marietta |
Blau, Marietta |
scientific paper (trans.) |
| On the Use of
the Notion "Probability" in Physics |
1957 |
Ehrenfest-Afanaseva, Tatiana |
Ehrenfest-Afanaseva, Tatiana |
scientific paper |
| Overview on women's education
in England and the United States 1600 - 1900 |
1999 |
Byers, Nina |
|
brief history* |
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| Periods
Of 25 Variable Stars In The Small Magellanic Cloud. |
1912 |
Pickering, Edward C. |
Leavitt, Henrietta Swan |
scientific paper |
| Perpetuating
a Tradition of Excellence |
1998 |
Jackson, Shirley Ann |
Jackson, Shirley Ann |
Acceptance speech |
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| Radium and Radioactivity |
1904 |
Curie, Marie |
Curie, Marie |
published article |
| Reminiscences
of Mrs. Hertha Marks Ayrton |
1923 |
A. P. Trotter |
Hertha Marks Ayrton |
reminiscences* |
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| Sulamith
Goldhaber (1923-1965) |
1968 |
Alvarez, Luis |
Goldhaber, Sulamith |
obituary |
| Surface
Tension |
1891 |
with intro by Lord Rayleigh, Pockels, Agnes |
Agnes Pockels |
Letter |
| Symmetry Behavior
at Finite Temperatures |
1974 |
Dolan, Louise; Jackiw, R. |
Dolan, Louise |
scientific paper (abridged) |
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| The
Origin and Growth of Ripple-mark. |
1910 |
Hertha Marks Ayrton |
Hertha Marks Ayrton |
scientific paper |
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| Vera Rubin
and Dark Matter |
1998 |
Johnson, Benjamin |
Rubin, Vera |
brief description and history* |