Their Day in the Sun : Women of the Manhattan Project

Foreword vii Prologue 1(5) The Great Scientific Adventure 6(14) The Founding Mothers: Pioneers in Nuclear Science 20(15) The Physicists 35(32) The Chemists 67(26) Mathematicians and Calculators 93(22) Biologists and Medical Scientists 115(17) The Technicians 132(20) Other Women of the Manhattan Project 152(29) After the War 181(20) Epilogue 201(2) Appendix 1: Female Scientific and Technical Workers in the Manhattan Project 203(16) Appendix 2: Chronology 219(18) References 237(16) Index 253