Project Gutenberg on Nostr: Canadian physicist Harriet Brooks was born #OTD in 1876. Harriet Brooks is recognized ...
Canadian physicist Harriet Brooks was born #OTD in 1876.
Harriet Brooks is recognized as one of the first female nuclear physicists and a pioneer in the field of radioactivity. Under Ernest Rutherford's mentorship, Brooks conducted groundbreaking research on radioactivity. Her work on the "emanation" of radium was pivotal in identifying radon, a noble gas, as one of the decay products of radium.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Brooks
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Harriet Brooks is recognized as one of the first female nuclear physicists and a pioneer in the field of radioactivity. Under Ernest Rutherford's mentorship, Brooks conducted groundbreaking research on radioactivity. Her work on the "emanation" of radium was pivotal in identifying radon, a noble gas, as one of the decay products of radium.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Brooks
#books #science #physics #radioactivity