目录 Acknowledgments Author biography 1 Introduction 1.1 Why am 1 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 scientific 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-Shiuug 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 Quarter loafs 5.7 A typical genius 5.8 Science summary: nuclear shell model References 6 Afterword 编辑手记
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