Ștefania Mărăcineanu

2022 - 6 - 18

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Ștefania Mărăcineanu made groundbreaking discoveries in the field of artificial radioactivity without receiving international recognition.

She retired in 1942 and died in Bucharest on 15 August 1944 at the age of 62. She conducted research into artificial rain and around the link between earthquakes and rainfall. The physicist became Director of Research of the Romanian Academy of Sciences in 1937, and Associate Professor in 1941.

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Stefania Mărăcineanu Google Doodle: Stefania graduated with a physical and chemical science degree in 1910, and began her career as a teacher at the Central ...

She also studied the link between earthquakes and rainfall, becoming the first to report that there is significant increase of radioactivity in the epicenter leading up to an earthquake. Her research led to what is most likely the first example of artificial radioactivity. To complete her PhD in physics, Mărăcineanu got into the Sorbonne University in Paris. After working for four years at the Astronomical Observatory in Meudon, she returned to Romania and founded her homeland’s first laboratory for the study of radioactivity.

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Google honours Ștefania Mărăcineanu with a doodle on Romanian ... (Economic Times)

When Irène Currie, daughter of Marie Curie, and her husband received a joint Nobel prize for their discovery of artificial radioactivity, Mărăcineanu asked that ...

She didn't contest the Nobel prize but wanted recognition for her contribution. Mărăcineanu also studied the link between earthquakes and rainfall and was also the first to report that there is significant increase of radioactivity in the epicentre leading up to an earthquake. Mărăcineanu's work led to the first example of artificial radioactivity.

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Google honors Romanian physicist Ștefania Mărăcineanu with doodle (NewsBytes)

You may have heard of Marie Curie, but Ștefania Mărăcineanu was also one of the pioneering women in the discovery and research of radioactivity.

In 1935, Irène Currie, Marie Curie's daughter, and her husband received a joint Nobel prize for their discovery of artificial radioactivity. She was the first to report that there's a high increase in radioactivity in the epicenter leading up to an earthquake. She founded Romania's first laboratory for radioactivity studies.

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India News: Google on Saturday celebrated the 140th birth anniversary of Romanian physicist Stefania Maracineanu with a doodle. Maracineanu was one of the ...

Her research led to what is most likely the first example of artificial radioactivity. She also studied the link between earthquakes and rainfall, becoming the first to report that there is significant increase of radioactivity in the epicenter leading up to an earthquake. After working for four years at the Astronomical Observatory in Meudon, she returned to Romania and founded her homeland’s first laboratory for the study of Radioactivity.

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Google Doodle honours Romanian physicist Ștefania Mărăcineanu (Livemint)

The Google Doodle for 18 June features Ștefania Mărăcineanu on the occasion of her 140th birth anniversary. But who was the Romanian physicist?

Considered a pioneer of radioactivity, she studied radioactivity with renowned Polish physicist Marie Curie – who was also the first woman to win a Nobel Prize – in 1919 at the University of Paris (Sorbonne). After receiving her PhD from the Radium Institute, Mărăcineanu worked with Curie till 1926. According to an entry on the Digital Mechanism and Gear Library website (www.dmg-lib.org), Mărăcineanu is considered Romania's first prominent physicist. But who was Ștefania Mărăcineanu. Born in 1882 in Bucharest, Mărăcineanu îs renowned for her work and research on radioactivity.

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Ștefania Mărăcineanu - One of the pioneering women in the discovery and research of radioactivity, Mărăcineanu formed Romania's first laboratory for study ...

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Stefania Maracineanu, well known for her work in the discovery and research of radioactivity was born on June 18, 1882. Her 140th birth anniversary was ...

As per popular knowledge, the physicist faced mandatory retirement in 1942 and just two years later she died of cancer. In 1935, daughter of Marie Curie, Irene Joliot-Curie and Frederic won the Nobel Prize for it but all the data reportedly showed that it was Mărăcineanu who discovered it first. Mărăcineanu was one of the pioneering women in physics during her time.

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