Berta Karlik -- The Grande Dame of the Vienna Radium Institute

Autor: Strohmaier, Brigitte
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Translation of Berta Karlik - Die Grande Dame des Wiener Radiuminstituts, Mensch - Wissenschaft - Magie, Mitt. Oesterr. Ges. fuer Wissenschaftsgesch. 27 (2010) 91-108
Druh dokumentu: Working Paper
Popis: Berta Karlik was an Austrian physicist who was not only among the early radioactivity researchers and nuclear physicists in Vienna, but also pioneered a woman's academic career in Austria. She was the first woman at the University of Vienna to acquire the venia legendi in physics, and the first full professor at a philosophical faculty in Austria. For almost thirty years she was the head of the Institute for Radium Research of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.
Comment: 12 pages, 5 figures
Databáze: arXiv