Harriet Brooks
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Gender | Female |
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Death | 91 years ago |
Date of birth | July 2,1876 |
Zodiac sign | Cancer |
Born | Exeter |
Canada | |
Date of died | April 17,1933 |
Died | Montreal |
Canada | |
Known for | Atomic recoil |
Discoverer of atomic recoil | |
Academic advisor | Ernest Rutherford |
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ID | 854932 |
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.