Harriet Brooks
Harriet Brooks was born on July 2, 1876. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.
About Harriet Brooks
Harriet Brooks (July 2, 1876 – April 17, 1933) 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 to discover radon and to try to determine its atomic mass.