Born in 1894, physicist Marietta Blau’s research led to a way to capture the tracks of speeding subatomic particles.
In 1937, Blau & Hertha Wambacher made a discovery that launched the field of particle physics. But she was forced to pause her work in 1938 bc of the Nazis.
Blau was nominated several times for the Nobel Prize but never won. Cecil F. Powell later built on her work & earned the Nobel Prize in Physics. https://www.sciencehistory.org/stories/magazine/the-dark-stars-of-marietta-blau/ #history #science #historyremix
The Dark Stars of Marietta Blau | Science History Institute
A scientist pitted hard work and ingenuity against the constraints she faced as a Jewish woman.Science History Institute
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in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum • • •As a physicist, I'm surprised I haven't been aware of Blau's work. Probably because it involves a specific, very important, technique for a specific field (development of photographic emulsions and methods for detecting energetic particles) as opposed to a fundamental discovery. That said, she met the criteria for a Nobel Prize and it should have been awarded as she had pioneered the techniques.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marietta_Blau
Austrian nuclear physicist
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in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum • • •I must take this opportunity to thank Madame Blau for my favorite blue mug.
Thank you.
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