放射性：创造原子弹的两位杰出物理学家 Radioactive! : How Irène Curie and Lise Meitner Revolutionized Science and Changed the World

基本信息

Format:Paperback / softback 240 pages, B&W photos throughout

Publisher:Workman Publishing

Imprint:Algonquin Young Readers

ISBN:9781616206413

Published:20 Feb 2018

Weight:296g

Dimensions:229 x 152 x 27 (mm)

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

这是一个鲜为人知的迷人故事，讲述了两位才华横溢的女物理学家如何凭借开创性的发现发明了原子弹。

1934 年，居里夫人与其丈夫兼科学家弗雷德里克·约里奥合作，发现了一个改变世界的现象：人工放射性。这一突破使科学家能够通过改变原子结构来修改元素并创造新元素。居里夫人和丈夫因他们的工作共同获得了诺贝尔奖。但当她被提名为法国科学院院士时，科学院拒绝了她的申请，并投票取消了所有女性的院士资格。四年后，居里的突破使物理学家莉泽·迈特纳获得了一次精彩的认知飞跃，揭开了核裂变的秘密。迈特纳的独特见解对科学革命至关重要，导致了核能和原子弹制造竞赛，但诺贝尔委员会却不认可她的成就，而青睐她的男同事。

放射性！本书以非虚构的叙事形式，讲述了两位女性在男性主导的领域取得突破的故事。尽管她们为研究做出了重要贡献，但她们的知名度仍然不高。本书的叙事性很强，读起来就像一部惊悚片。书中的照片和边栏阐明并阐明了科学原理。

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.

作者简介

温妮弗雷德·康克林在西北大学学习新闻学，并在佛蒙特艺术学院获得儿童和青少年写作文学硕士学位。她最近的一本书是《为妇女投票！美国妇女参政主义者和选票之战》。她已经写了三十多本成人非小说类书籍。她的书《珍珠号上的乘客》获得了卡特·伍德森奖。她的第1本儿童读物《西尔维娅和阿基》获得了 2012 年简·亚当斯儿童图书奖（老年读者）和 2012 年托马斯·里维拉墨西哥裔美国儿童图书奖。她与丈夫和三个孩子住在弗吉尼亚州北部。

Winifred Conkling studied journalism at Northwestern University and received her master of arts in writing for young adults from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. Her most recent book is Votes for Women! American Suffragists and the Battle for the Ballot.​ She has written more than thirty nonfiction books for adults. Her book Passenger on the Pearl won the Carter G. Woodson award. Her first book, Sylvia & Aki, won the 2012 Jane Addams Book Award for Older Readers and the 2012 Tomas Rivera Mexican American Book Award. She lives in northern Virginia with her families.