In 'Women in the History of Quantum Physics - and what they can teach us', Prof. dr. Margriet van der Heijden, professor of science communication in physics at Eindhoven University of Technology, will explore why women's participation in physics research remains low even today.

The narratives of the development of quantum mechanics are as "male dominated" as this subfield of science itself, science historian Massimiliano Badino noted some ten years ago. The book 'Women in the History of Quantum Physics: Beyond Knabenphysik' aims to challenge these conventional all-male narratives. In sixteen chapters, the authors - all members of the international and interdisciplinary working group Women in the History of Quantum Physics - analyse the work and lives of women who contributed to quantum developments in the twentieth century. Not the handful of 'famous' women like Marie Skłodowska Curie, Maria Goeppert Mayer and Lise Meitner, but the women who remained in the shadows, had to interrupt their careers or whose work was simply overlooked. By analysing and comparing their lives and work, themes can be distilled that are relevant to understanding why womens participation in physics research remains low even today. Prof. dr. Margriet van der Heijden will explore some of these themes and illustrate them with the lives and experiences of some of the protagonists of the book chapters.

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