Harriet Brooks

Harriet Brooks was a Canadian nuclear physicist. She is most famous for her research in radioactivity. She discovered atomic recoil, and transmutation of elements in radioactive decay. Ernest Rutherford, who guided her graduate work, regarded her as comparable to Marie Curie in the calibre of her aptitude.

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Who was born first?

• Harriet Brooks and Willem Hendrik Keesom were born the same year
• Harriet Brooks and John James Rickard Macleod were born the same year
• Harriet Brooks and Walter Sydney Adams were born the same year
• Harriet Brooks and William Sealy Gosset were born the same year
• Harriet Brooks and Erhard Schmidt were born the same year

Timeline

1. Erhard SchmidtJanuary 13, 1876 – December 6, 1959
2. Harriet Brooks (this page)July 2, 1876 – April 17, 1933
3. John James Rickard MacleodSeptember 6, 1876 – March 16, 1935
4. Walter Sydney AdamsDecember 20, 1876 – May 11, 1956
5. Willem Hendrik KeesomJune 21, 1876 – March 1956
6. William Sealy GossetJune 13, 1876 – October 16, 1937

Related

• Isaac NewtonDecember 25, 1642 – March 20, 1727
• Johann Wolfgang von GoetheAugust 28, 1749 – March 22, 1832
• Immanuel KantApril 22, 1724 – February 12, 1804
• René DescartesMarch 31, 1596 – February 11, 1650
• Marie CurieNovember 7, 1867 – July 4, 1934
• Nicolaus CopernicusFebruary 19, 1473 – May 24, 1543
• Louis PasteurDecember 27, 1822 – September 28, 1895
• Gottfried Wilhelm LeibnizJune 21, 1646 – November 14, 1716