1992, ISBN: 0773508813

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[EAN: 9780773508811], [PU: McGill-Queen's University Press, Montreal & Kingston], Jacket, In 1904, Brooks left Canada to work as a tutor in physics at Barnard College in New York City. It… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780773508811], [PU: McGill-Queen's University Press, Montreal & Kingston], Jacket, In 1904, Brooks left Canada to work as a tutor in physics at Barnard College in New York City. It was not easy for a woman graduate in the late nineteenth or early twentieth century to find employment, especially in Canada. Even after she had secured a position at Barnard, she had to fight to establish her right to continue as a member of the faculty. The authors follow Brooks across the Atlantic, where she travelled to Italy with Maxim Gorky and his entourage, and on to Paris, where she worked for a short while with Marie Curie. 8vo. Red cloth covered boards. 168 pp. including index, Books<

ISBN: 9780773508811

After completing a master's degree at McGill University under Rutherford's tutelage, Brooks continued her post-graduate work at Bryn Mawr College and Cambridge University, eventually retu… Mehr…

After completing a master's degree at McGill University under Rutherford's tutelage, Brooks continued her post-graduate work at Bryn Mawr College and Cambridge University, eventually returning to McGill to work again with Rutherford. In 1904 she left Canada to work at Barnard College in New York City, and then with Curie in Paris. Brooks had a significant career as a nuclear scientist, but her success was hampered by the fact that she was a woman. She eventually married and left research. Her premature death at age fifty-six was probably related to her work with radiation. Media > Book, [PU: McGill-Queen's University Press]<