RADIOACTIVE!: HOW IRENE CURIE AND LISE MEITNER REVOLUTIONIZED SCIENCE AND CHANGED THE WORLD
Book ID/图书代码： 00342515B82406
English Summary/英文概要： The fascinating, little-known story of how two brilliant female physicists’ groundbreaking discoveries led to the creation of the atomic bomb.
In 1934, Irène Curie, working with her husband and fellow scientist, Frederic Joliot, made a discovery that would change the world: artificial radioactivity. This breakthrough allowed scientists to modify elements and create new ones by altering the structure of atoms. Curie shared a Nobel Prize with her husband for their work. But when she was nominated to the French Academy of Sciences, the academy denied her admission and voted to disqualify all women from membership. Four years later, Curie’s breakthrough led physicist Lise Meitner to a brilliant leap of understanding that unlocked the secret of nuclear fission. Meitner’s unique insight was critical to the revolution in science that led to nuclear energy and the race to build the atom bomb, yet her achievement was left unrecognized by the Nobel committee in favor of that of her male colleague.
Radioactive! presents the story of two women breaking ground in a male-dominated field, scientists still largely unknown despite their crucial contributions to cutting-edge research, in a nonfiction narrative that reads with the suspense of a thriller. Photographs and sidebars illuminate and clarify the science in the book.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 1934年，伊雷娜？居里与她的丈夫弗雷德里克？约里奥合作，发现了人工放射性，为人类改变元素及创造新元素铺平了道路。他们因此于1935年获得诺贝尔奖。但是，身为法国女性的伊雷娜却被保守的法国科学院拒之门外。1938年，另一位女科学家莉泽？迈特纳洞察到核裂变的秘密，从而直接引发了一场科学革命，原子能和原子弹由此而来。然而，她的成就却未能得到诺贝尔奖委员会的承认。 尽管这两位女性在男性科学家统治的领域取得了至关重要的前沿突破，但她们的故事却在岁月的长河里鲜为人知。作者以纪实写作的冷静笔触，还原了这个如小说般惊心动魄、引人入胜的故事。(DS)
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About the Author/作者介绍： 威妮弗雷德·康克林（Winifred Conkling），长于为年轻读者撰写虚构类和纪实类作品的作家，其作品包括《珍珠号上的旅客——埃米莉？埃德蒙森逃离奴役纪实》（Passenger on the Pearl： The True Story of Emily Edmonson’s Flight from Slavery）以及小说《西尔维娅与艾奇》（Sylvia and Aki），曾获简·亚当斯儿童文学奖和托马斯·里韦拉奖。她在美国西北大学学的新闻专业，在佛蒙特美术学院获得美术硕士学位。
Winifred Conkling is the award-winning author of fiction and nonfiction for young readers, including Passenger on the Pearl: The True Story of Emily Edmonson’s Flight from Slavery and the middle-grade novel Sylvia and Aki, winner of the Jane Addams Children’s Literature Award and the Tomás Rivera Award. She studied journalism at Northwestern University and received an MFA in writing for children and young adults from the Vermont College of Fine Arts.
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