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Mind Map by Сияна Георгиева, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Сияна Георгиева
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Elisabeth Kara-Michailova- the first Bulgarian physicist
- She was born on 3rd September 1897
- Parents
- Her father Ivan Karamihailov was a Bulgarian doctor, a
surgeon.In 1907 he headed the newly created hospital called ''
Red Cross''- now its name is ''Pirogov''.
- Her mother- Mary Slade was English
who studied Music and learnt a lot
about piano and composition.
- Her father Ivan Karamihailov was a Bulgarian doctor, a
surgeon.In 1907 he headed the newly created hospital called ''
Red Cross''- now its name is ''Pirogov''.
- Parents
- Education
- In 1917 she graduated from The first girls`high
school in Sofia.
- In 1938 Elisabeth graduated from Cambridge
University
- In1922 she graduated from Vienna University as PhD in Physics and
Mathematics. She could speak four foreign languages- German, English,
French and Bulgarian.
- In 1917 she graduated from The first girls`high
school in Sofia.
- Scientific activities and positions
- In 1921 she started her work at the Institute for Radium studies in
Vienna, particularly interested in radioluminescenc. She made a lot of
researches connected with the transmutation of light elements.
(cosmic rays)
- In 1931 she and Marietta Blau observed a
specific type of previously unknown radiation
emitted from polonium and cosmic rays and published the
results.
- In 1939 she was appointed as a docent of Department of Physics in Sofia
University. She was the first woman teacher.
- She has written 40 scientific works, many
publications and analyzes.
- In the last days of her carrier she worked in Bulgarian Academy of
Sciences, headed the Department of Radoactivity and Nuclear
Spectrology.
- In the last days of her carrier she worked in Bulgarian Academy of
Sciences, headed the Department of Radoactivity and Nuclear
Spectrology.
- In 1921 she started her work at the Institute for Radium studies in
Vienna, particularly interested in radioluminescenc. She made a lot of
researches connected with the transmutation of light elements.
(cosmic rays)
- She died in 1968 from cancer. She donated all her property and
her father`s house to the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. She
donated her body for researches connected with the effects of
radiation on the human body.
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