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Harriet Brooks

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Gender Female
Death91 years ago
Date of birth July 2,1876
Zodiac sign Cancer
Born Exeter
Canada
Date of died April 17,1933
DiedMontreal
Canada
Known forAtomic recoil
Discoverer of atomic recoil
Academic advisor Ernest Rutherford
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Harriet Brooks Life story


Harriet Brooks was the first Canadian female nuclear physicist. She is most famous for her research on nuclear transmutations and radioactivity. Ernest Rutherford, who guided her graduate work, regarded her as comparable to Marie Curie in the calibre of her aptitude.

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