Nina Byers
Nina Byers (born January 19, 1930)[1] is a theoretical physicist, Research Professor and Professor of Physics emeritus in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, UCLA.[2]
Contributions
Her scientific contributions have mainly been in particle physics and the theory of superconductivity. A major contribution[citation needed] is a paper [3] written with C. N. Yang that showed that flux quantization in superconductors in units of hc/2e is experimental evidence for the Cooper pairing of electrons described in the BCS theory of superconductivity.
In addition to scientific papers she has published scholarly papers and a book on history of 20th century physics. Some of these highlight contributions to modern physics of 20th century female physicists.
Byers developed the website Contributions of 20th Century Women to Physics (CWP website)[4] which details and documents original and important contributions to physics by over 80 female physicists of the 20th century.
A book[5] based on data in the CWP website expands further the biographies and contributions of forty of the most outstanding 20th century female physicists was published in 2006 edited by Nina Byers and Gary Williams.
She has been elected to many offices in The American Physical Society (APS) and American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), including President of the APS Forum on History of Physics (2004–2005), APS Forum on Physics and Society (1982), and APS Councilor-at-large of the Society (1977–81).[citation needed]
Her academic degrees are B.A. University of California, Berkeley, M.S. and Ph.D. University of Chicago, M.A. University of Oxford.
Some non-technical publications on history of 20th Century physics
- Nina Byers and Gary Williams (eds), Out of the Shadows: Contributions of 20th century Women to Physics, Cambridge University Press 2006.
- Nina Byers, "Einstein and Women", APS News Jun 2005.
- Nina Byers, "Physicists and the 1945 Decision to Drop The Bomb", CERN Courier Oct 2002. (e-Print Archive: physics/0210058)
- Nina Byers, Fermi and Szilard" in ed. James Cronin (ed) Fermi Remembered, U. of Chicago Press 2004 (e-Print Archive: physics/0207094)
- Nina Byers, "E. Noether's Discovery of the Deep Connection Between Symmetries and Conservation Laws" Invited talk in Symposium on the Heritage of Emmy Noether, Ramat-Gan, Israel, 2-4 Dec 1996. 'Israel Mathematical Conference Proceedings Vol. 12, 1999 (e-Print Archive: physics/9807044)
Selected relatively recent and important scientific publications are referenced in
References
- ↑ Nina Byers, Dept of Physics & Astronomy, UCLA
- ↑ Byers webpage at UCLA or CWP.
- ↑ ``Theoretical considerations concerning quantized magnetic flux in superconductors," Phys. Rev. Lett. 7, 46 (1961) with C. N. Yang.
- ↑ Contributions of 20th Century Women to Physics
- ↑