Scott Calvin,With a major in astronomy and physics and a minor in classics from the University of California Berkeley, followed by a PhD in chemical physics from the City University of New York, Dr Calvin has taught, conducted research, and advised students in a wide variety of institutions, including the Naval Research Laboratory, Brookhaven National Laboratory, the Hayden Planetarium, the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, Sarah Lawrence College, Examkrackers, and Lehman College. His course offerings have run the gamut, including innovative courses such as Crazy Ideas in Physics, Rocket Science, and Steampunk Physics, as have his books, including We Can Do It! A Problem Solwng Graphic Novel Guide for General Physics, XAFS for Everyone, and the open-source artisanal pop-up book National Synchrotron Light Source H: Long Islands State of the Art X-Ray Microscope.
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Acknowledgments
Author biography
1 Introduction
1.1 Why am I writing this book?
1.2 An essential tension
1.3 A few words on names
2 Cecilia Payne
2.1 Beyond Curie
2.2 No insuperable objections
2.3 The Harvard Computers
2.4 Starstuff
2.5 Two astronomers from Cambridge
2.6 Reactions
2.7 Blocked paths
2.8 Love (of science) levels all ranks
2.9 Science summary: stellar spectra
References
3 Lise Meitner
3.1 Making up for lost time
3.2 Questions of credit
3.3 A scientiric powerhouse
3.4 Tumult
3.5 How Nobel Prizes are selected
3.6 Beyond uranium
3.7 The breakdown of science
3.8 Our Madame Curie
3.9 Science summary: nuclear fission
References
4 Chien-Shiung Wu
4.1 Mighty hero
4.2 Exile
4.3 Pushing back
4.4 Rising through the ranks
4.5 ‘Wasting her time’
4.6 Instant Nobel
4.7 Honors
4.8 Science summary: parity
References
5 Maria Mayer
5.1 The seventh generation
5.2 From nuisance to necessary
5.3 A new era
5.4 Magic
5.5 A different way to win a race
5.6 Quarterloafs
5.7 A typical genius
5.8 Science summary: nuclear shell model
References
6 Afterword
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