Byers, Nina
Nina Byers papers, 1946-2006.
This collection consists of materials related to Nina Byers' teaching career at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Department of Physics and Astronomy, research and personal life. The papers include materials related to courses she taught in particle physics, CP-violation, and pion-nuclear charge-exchange scattering, seminar notes, research, anti-nuclear proliferation materials, professional and personal correspondence, and photographs. Additionally included are materials related to the publication of her book Out of the Shadows: Contributions of Twentieth-Century Women to Physics (2006).
PhD, University of Chicago (1956); postdoctoral work at University of Birmingham, England; followed by a research position, Stanford University (1958); began teaching career at University of California, Los Angeles (1961); was the only female professor in the department for more than 20 years; retired in 2003.
Byers, Nina
University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, Los Angeles. Department of Physics
Particles (Nuclear physics)
Women in physics
Women in science
AIP-ICOS
University of California, Los Angeles. University Research Library. Department of Special Collections. Los Angeles, CA 90024-1575, USA