ASCI 1110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Act Up, Rosalind Franklin, Chemical Revolution
14 Apr 2016
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Not historically in places deemed important in science. Women in botany, collecting specimens in home, sending to leading botanists, illustrators of botany books. Calendar making with husband, she did it alone once he died, son took over after she trained him, she had to look like she wasnt in charge. Lavoisier, chemist in chemical revolution, wife learned english to translate british chemists papers, had salon to mingle scientists to help husband. Goeffrin huge power, make or break a career. How redniss portray marie curie? also rosalind franklin Passionate in work/personal life, to the point of making self sick. Both very important catalysts for their field. Milestone setters for women in science, first woman to win a chair. Talks about xrays, radium in medicine but also about atomic energy/bombs, shows the good and the bad. Human participants: marie curie a paricipant in own research, poisoned nby her work, cost of science to society/oarticipants in experiments/scientists themselves.
