Women in science

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A new podcast series has started by Physics World. The series will regularly provide views on a themed selection of books. The first podcast is about Women in science: A books special.

“The show begins with an interview with the feminist historian Julie Des Jardins about her book The Madame Curie Complex.”

In addition we like to draw your attention to the new title Professorin und Mutter – wie geht das? : 28 Berichte vom alltaeglichen Spagat zwischen Familie und akademischer Karriere edited by Birgit Piechulla which is now available in the library. You’ll find it in the new aquisitions section.

The Hirsch-Index – the art of quotation

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The Center for Art and Media (ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie) in Karlsruhe presents an exhibition with the title:

The Hirsch–Index
“The Art of Quotation”
http://on1.zkm.de/zkm/stories/storyReader$7679
October 22, 2011 – April 29, 2012

The Hirsch index (also called h-index or Hirsch factor) is named after the author J. E. Hirsch who proposed to use a new citation based impact indicator. It is very easy to determine by using the Web of Science.

Find out more:

Hirsch JE: An index to quantify an individual’s scientific research output
PNAS 102 (46): 16569-16572 NOV 15 2005
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16275915

Der Hirsch-Index (by IVS-BM)
http://www.biochem.mpg.de/en/facilities/ivs/Dokumente/Hirsch_Index_dt.pdf