Dale DeBakcsy
Probing the Ultraviolet: The Spectroscopic Marvels of Emma Perry Carr
In its externals the life of Emma Carr (1880-1972) bears many similarities to that of fellow physicist Margaret Maltby (1860-1944). Both...
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Dale DeBakcsy
- 2 days ago
- 10 min
Sex After Sixty: The Geriatric Gynecology of Anna Kleegman Daniels.
Sex after menopause. Drug addiction. Abortion. In the early to mid-twentieth century, to be seen as casting an understanding eye on any...
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Dale DeBakcsy
- May 29
- 7 min
Against the Current: Margaret Eliza Maltby and the Fight for Women in Physics.
An American woman hoping to make her way in science in the 19th century carried with her the knowledge that, as soon as she had a child...
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Dale DeBakcsy
- May 25
- 8 min
Two Roads Diverged: Marietta Blau, Hertha Wambacher, and the Great Cosmic Ray Chase.
Untold billions of miles away, a star explodes, and violently ejects barrages of hydrogen and helium atoms into the universe at speeds...
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Dale DeBakcsy
- May 13
- 10 min
The Modern Amphitrite: The Many Nautical Revolutions of Janet Taylor.
The nineteenth century saw Great Britain expanding vociferously into new markets, extending its influence, for better or worse, into...
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