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Harriet Brooks

Canadian nuclear physicist (1876–1933)

  • Fame48.5
  • Momentum0.5
  • Wikipedia533
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Lived 1876–1933, aged 57Canada
CanadaCanadaScientistsScientist
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    21 languages
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  • Era
    1876–1933
    Aged 57
  • Awards
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Updated 2026-06-20

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. She was among the first persons to discover radon and to try to determine its atomic mass.

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