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Women in Science Ser.: Maria Goeppert Mayer by Joe Ferry (2003, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherFacts On File, Incorporated

ISBN-100791072479

ISBN-139780791072479

eBay Product ID (ePID)2414129

Product Key Features

Educational LevelHigh School, Elementary School

Number of Pages112 Pages

Publication NameMaria Goeppert Mayer

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2003

SubjectBiography & Autobiography / Science & Technology, Biography & Autobiography / Women, Women's Studies, Science & Technology

TypeStudy Guide

Subject AreaSocial Science, Juvenile Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography

AuthorJoe Ferry

SeriesWomen in Science Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceElementary/High School

LCCN2002-015580

Dewey Edition21

Grade FromSixth Grade

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal530/.092 B

Grade ToTwelfth Grade

SynopsisA biography of Maria Goeppert Mayer, a physicist who contributed to the development of the atomic bomb and who, in 1963, was cowinner of the Nobel Prize in Physics for her work on the nuclear shell model theory., Maria Goeppert Mayer faced prejudice as a woman throughout her career. Despite her groundbreaking work in mathematics and landmark publications, she was constantly denied positions and salary. She eventually worked on the development of the atomic bomb, and later developed a model of the atom that revolutionized atomic theory and earned her a share of the Nobel Prize in Physics.

LC Classification NumberQC16.M474F47 2002