Re: Course help: names of physicists

[Bob Muir <muirrob@hamlet.uncg.edu>]

On Tue, 16 Jul 1996, Ari Epstein wrote:

> I'm writing to ask for help in a course on "Physics of the Twentieth
> Century" that I will be teaching to non-majors this fall.  As part of
> the coursework, I'd like to ask each student to write a paper
> describing the life and work of a 20th-century physicist. I'm trying
> now to come up with a list of physicists who would make good subjects.
> I've come up with quite a few, but of course the list is heavily
> biased by my own interests. Also, at the moment there are not many
> women on it. Would readers of phys-l mind sending me additional
> suggestions? Subjects could be living or dead, and I'm hoping to
> include at least a few people who've done physics outside traditional
> academic physics departments (e.g. people working on the physics of
> climate, people who've worked primarily in industry, etc.).
Ari and phys-l members,

I have taken the liberty of copying the following posting to the women in
physics listserv since it may provide info for Ari and others: 
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!!!!! Attention all members of the Colloquium Speakers
Lists!!!!!
 
It is time once again to update the Colloquium/Seminar Speakers
List of Women in Physics (CSSL), and the Colloquium Speakers
List of Minorities in Physics (CSL).  Both lists will be revised and
mailed to all physics departments this fall along with the Travel
Grants Program materials.
 
If you are listed in either or both of these publications, please take
a moment to look over your entry on the list.  The CSSLs can be
found on the APS webpage at 
 
(women)     http://aps.org/educ/speaker_list/index.html.
(minorities)  http://aps.org/educ/minorities/index.html
 
If you wish to make a modification or addition to your entry, you
may do so by filling out our interactive web form.  PLEASE BE
SURE TO UPDATE PHONE, FAX AND EMAIL CONTACT
INFORMATION.   
 
If your entry is correct as is, you do NOT need to submit an entry.  
 
If you wish to be removed from the list, please email me at
tara@aps.org.  
 
Those who are not currently listed on the CSSLs may also use the
interactive web form to submit a new entry to the lists.  
 
The deadline for all responses is July 31, 1996.  Thank you for
your participation in this program.
 
Tara McLoughlin
Moderator
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Tara McLoughlin is at APS and should be a good resource for info on women
and minority physicists.

I recommend that students consider John Bardeen, Ronald McNair, Sally
Ride, Gwendolyn C. King (engineer-physicist), Linda M. Ephrath (chip
design/fabrication), Ingrid Lapins Frisch (aircraft lighting systems),
Carol J. Welkie (remote sensing), Paula Szkody (astronomy), Linda S.
Powers (biophysics), Shirley Ann Jackson, Chien-Shiung Wu, Mildred S.
Dresselhaus, Jill C. Bonner, Carol Jo Crannell, Rosalyn S. Yalow, June M.
Rooks, and Gloria B. lubkin. 

Check the web page at CEBAF.  There may be info. of interest there.

Some bibliographic info:
Jones, L. M. (1990).  Itellectual contributions of women to physics.  In
Kass-Simon, G. & Farnes, P. (Eds.), WOMEN OF SCIENCE: RIGHTING THE RECORD
(pp. 188-214) Bloomington, IN: Indiana Univ. Press.

Abir-am, P. G. & Outram, D. (Eds.), UNEASY CAREERS AND INTIMATE LIVES:
WOMEN IN SCIENCE 1789-1979)   New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers Univ. Press.

Rossiter, M. W. (1982).  WOMEN SCIENTISTS IN AMERICA: STRUGGLES AND
STRATEGIES TO 1940.  Baltimore, MD: John Hopkins Univ. Press

Lotze, B. (Ed.), MAKING CONTRIBUTIONS:  AN HISTORICAL OVERVIEW OF WOMEN'S
ROLE IN PHYSICS.  College Park, MD:  American Association of Physics
Teachers.

See also Patricia Swartz's page on Gender and Science:
	http://tweedledee.ucsb.edu/%7ekris/WIS.html

After you've taught the course, let us know how it went and share what was
learned about the women and minority physicists of the 20th century.

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