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Allies of Pioneering Women Chemists: Some Supportive British Male Chemists and Their Women Students (1880–1930)Check Access
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Marelene Rayner-Canham;
Marelene Rayner-Canham
Grenfell Campus, Memorial University, Canada
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Geoff Rayner-Canham
Geoff Rayner-Canham
Grenfell Campus, Memorial University, Canada
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Hardback ISBN:
978-1-83767-206-6
PDF ISBN:
978-1-83767-493-0
EPUB ISBN:
978-1-83767-494-7
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2024 eBook Collection
No. of Pages:
150
Publication date:
13 Sep 2024
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Chapter 12: Frederick Soddy: Dependent upon His Women Researchers Check Access
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Published:13 Sep 2024
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Special Collection: 2024 eBook Collection
Page range:
113 - 123
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Allies of Pioneering Women Chemists
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Whereas ‘affable’ seemed to have described the male chemists in previous chapters, this was not a term which could be applied to Frederick Soddy. Mercurial in nature, Soddy found it difficult to attract research students. As a result, it was first Ruth Pirret, then later, Ada Hitchins, who were his essential research assistants, and who undertook much of the work attributed to him.
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