| International Standard Book Number |
9781420524017 (large print ; hardcover alk. paper)
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| International Standard Book Number |
1420524011 (large print ; hardcover alk. paper)
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| Personal Name |
Campbell, Olivia (Journalist), author.
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| Title Statement |
Sisters in science : how four women physicists escaped Nazi Germany and made scientific history / Olivia Campbell.
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| Edition Statement |
Large print edition.
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| Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
[Waterville, Maine] : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2025.
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| Physical Description |
563 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cm.
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| Bibliography, Etc. Note |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 499-559).
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| Summary, Etc. |
"In the 1930s, Germany was a hotbed of scientific thought. But after the Nazis took power, Jewish and female citizens were forced out of their academic positions. Hedwig Kohn, Lise Meitner, Hertha Sponer, and Hildegard Stücklen were eminent in their fields, but they had no choice but to flee due to their Jewish ancestry or anti-Nazi sentiments. Their harrowing journey out of Germany became a life-and-death situation that required herculean efforts of friends and other prominent scientists. Lise fled to Sweden, where she made a groundbreaking discovery in nuclear physics, and the others fled to the United States, where they brought advanced physics to American universities. No matter their destination, each woman revolutionized the field of physics when all odds were stacked against them, galvanizing young women to do the same"-- Provided by publisher.
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| Subject-Personal Name |
Kohn, Hedwig, 1887-1964.
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| Subject-Personal Name |
Meitner, Lise, 1878-1968.
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| Subject-Personal Name |
Sponer, Hertha, 1895-1968.
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| Subject-Personal Name |
Stucklen, Hildegard.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Large type books.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Women in science.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Women scientists Biography.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Women physicists Biography.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Women in physics.
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| Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
Germany History 1933-1945.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Large print books.
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