Article ID: CBB470524964

Gertrude Scharff-Goldhaber, 1911–1998: Nuclear Physicist Against the Odds (2016)

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The author’s mother, Gertrude Scharff-Goldhaber, was a prominent nuclear physicist who had to overcome steep odds to pursue her work. She lived and worked at a time when it was very uncommon for any woman to be a scientist and even more uncommon for a mother of young children. She also faced Nazi persecution and a series of other challenges in growing up in Germany. Drawing on personal conversations and testimony of her friends, this brief account includes a number of intimate details to illustrate some of the difficulties she faced and the zest for life and for understanding the world that pushed her forward anyway. Details of her work and a bibliography are included.

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Authors & Contributors
Eckert, Michael
David N. Schwartz
Zhu, Yuelin
Williams, J. S.
Whitaker, Andrew
Voigt, Annette E.
Concepts
Physics
Atomic, nuclear, and particle physics
Biographies
Quantum mechanics
Nuclear weapons; atomic weapons
Theoretical physics
Time Periods
20th century
20th century, early
19th century
Places
Germany
United States
Japan
Italy
Australia
Soviet Union
Institutions
Rikagaku Kenkyu-Jo
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT
Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut für Chemie
Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften
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