1. (Sopka) Frontispiece from Elémens de la Philosophie de Newton by Voltaire (Amsterdam, 1738), showing Emilie de Breteuil de Châtelet, translator of Newton’s Principia, holding the mirror by which light from Newton is reflected onto the writer Voltaire. (Original in the library of the Institut für Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Mathematik und Technik, Universität Hamburg, kindly made available by Professor Dr. Andreas Kleinert)
1. (Sopka) Frontispiece from Elémens de la Philosophie de Newton by Voltaire (Amsterdam, 1738), showing Emilie de Breteuil de Châtelet, translator of Newton’s Principia, holding the mirror by which light from Newton is reflected onto the writer Voltaire. (Original in the library of the Institut für Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Mathematik und Technik, Universität Hamburg, kindly made available by Professor Dr. Andreas Kleinert)
2. (Sopka) Margaret Eliza Maltby. (Photo courtesy of the M.I.T. Museum)
3. (Sopka) Elizabeth Rebecca Laird in the new physics laboratory, Mount Holyoke College, 1934. (Photo courtesy of AIP Niels Bohr Library)
3. (Sopka) Elizabeth Rebecca Laird in the new physics laboratory, Mount Holyoke College, 1934. (Photo courtesy of AIP Niels Bohr Library)
4. (Sopka) Marie Curie at the 1911 Solvay Conference in Brussels. (Photo courtesy of AIP Niels Bohr Library)
4. (Sopka) Marie Curie at the 1911 Solvay Conference in Brussels. (Photo courtesy of AIP Niels Bohr Library)
5. (Sopka) Katharine Burr Blodgett at work in the General Electric Research Laboratory, with her mentor, Irving Langmuir, and others. (Photo courtesy of the General Electric Research and Development Center)
5. (Sopka) Katharine Burr Blodgett at work in the General Electric Research Laboratory, with her mentor, Irving Langmuir, and others. (Photo courtesy of the General Electric Research and Development Center)
6. (Watkins) Lise Meitner at the Max Planck Jubilee Conference, 1958. (Photo courtesy of the AIP Niels Bohr Library)
6. (Watkins) Lise Meitner at the Max Planck Jubilee Conference, 1958. (Photo courtesy of the AIP Niels Bohr Library)
7. (Kidwell) Cecilia Payne at Radcliffe College, 1924. (Photo courtesy of Katherine Haramundanis)
7. (Kidwell) Cecilia Payne at Radcliffe College, 1924. (Photo courtesy of Katherine Haramundanis)
8. (Guernsey) Formal portrait of Sarah Frances Whiting.
9. (Guernsey) Sarah Frances Whiting (left) and second-year physics students in the optics laboratory.
9. (Guernsey) Sarah Frances Whiting (left) and second-year physics students in the optics laboratory.
10. (Guernsey) Louise McDowell in New Hampshire after her retirement.