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  • Women in the History of Quantum Physics

    Beyond Knabenphysik

    Capturing the stories of sixteen women who made significant contributions to the development of quantum physics, this anthology highlights how, from the very beginning, women played a notable role in shaping one of the most fascinating and profound scientific fields of our time. Rigorously researched and written by historians, scientists, and philosophers of science, the findings in this ... Leer más

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  • Autobiografia

    La prima donna a insegnare nella prestigiosa università della Sorbona. La prima donna a vincere un Premio Nobel. La prima (fra uomini e donne) a ottenerne due. La vita di Marie Curie, memorabile scopritrice della radioattività, sembra una lunga sequenza di primati che hanno sconvolto la storia della scienza e dell’umanità. Questa autobiografia fu scritta nel 1923 su richiesta degli americani che ... Leer más

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  • What Is Real?

    The Unfinished Quest for the Meaning of Quantum Physics

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  • Void

    The Strange Physics of Nothing

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  • Quantum Legacies

    Dispatches from an Uncertain World

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  • The Man from the Future

    The Visionary Ideas of John von Neumann

    **A Scientific American 2023 Staff RecommendationAn electrifying biography of one of the most extraordinary scientists of the twentieth century and the world he made.**The smartphones in our pockets and computers like brains. The vagaries of game theory and evolutionary biology. Nuclear weapons and self-replicating spacecrafts. All bear the fingerprints of one remarkable, yet largely overlooked, ... Leer más

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  • Her Space, Her Time

    How Trailblazing Women Scientists Decoded the Hidden Universe

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  • The Oxford Companion To The History Of Modern Science

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  • A Tale of Seven Elements

    de Eric Scerri ...
    In 1913, English physicist Henry Moseley established an elegant method for "counting" the elements based on atomic number, ranging them from hydrogen (#1) to uranium (#92). It soon became clear, however, that seven elements were mysteriously missing from the lineup--seven elements unknown to science. In his well researched and engaging narrative, Eric Scerri presents the intriguing stories of ... Leer más

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    This biography of Lise Meitner (1878-1968), the Austrian Jewish female physicist at the heart of the discovery of nuclear fission, also looks at major developments in physics during her life. Meitner was a colleague and friend of many giants of 20th century physics: Max Planck, her Berlin mentor, Einstein, von Laue, Marie Curie, Chadwick, Pauli and Bohr. She was the first woman to earn a Ph.D. in ... Leer más

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  • Nuclear Forces

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