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WiHQP Reviews (and Related Pieces)

Emily Conover, “The unsung women of quantum physics get their due,” Science News 207(6), 60 (May 20, 2025)

Ryan Dahn, “Highlighting women in quantum history,” Physics Today 78(7; July), 36-40 (June 11, 2025).

Duke Communications, “Summer Reading: Duke Authors’ Hot New Books,” Duke Today (June 17, 2025).

William Thomas,”Book spotlight: Women in the History of Quantum Physics,” American Institute of Physics (July 4, 2025).

Von Esther Tobschall, “Quantenphysik: Domäne der Männer?” TIB-Blog (July 18, 2025).

Elizabeth Richardson, “Overlooked Stories, Vital Contributions: Reclaiming Women’s Place in the History of Quantum Physics,” Duke Trinity Communications (July 30, 2025).

Jennifer Carter, “Entangled histories: women in quantum physics,” Physics World 38(12), 34 (August 6, 2025).

James Dacey, “Overlooked pioneers from quantum history,” Physics World Podcast (August 19, 2025).

Alexander Pawlak, “Women in the History of Quantum Physics,” Pro-Physik (September 19, 2025).

Helge Kragh, “Known and unknown women in the history of quantum physics,” Metascience (2025).

Ella van Dalen, Willemijn Reinsma, and Vincent Icke, “Women in the History of Quantum Physics,” Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Natuurkunde 91/92, 37 (December 2025-January 2026).

Indianara Lima Silva, “These women helped to shape quantum mechanics — it’s time to recognize them,” Nature 649, 286-286 (January 5, 2026).

Sofia Guilhem Basilio, “Review of Charbonneau, Patrick; Frank, Michelle; Heijden, Margriet van der; Monaldi, Daniela, eds. Women in the History of Quantum Physics: Beyond Knabenphysik,” H-Sci-Med-Tech, H-Net Reviews (February 2026). Printable Version: https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=62442

Colleen Seidel, “Patrick Charbonneau, Michelle Frank, Magriet van der Heijden and Daniela Monaldi (eds.), Women in the History of Quantum Physics: Beyond Knabenphysik Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2025. Pp. 486. ISBN 978-1-009-53583-0. $49.99 (hardback),” The British Journal for the History of Science 59(1):187-188 (2026)

Oliver Freire, “Patrick Charbonneau, Michelle Frank, Margriet van der Heijden, Daniela Monaldi. Women in the History of Quantum Physics Beyond Knabenphysik. 486 pp. index. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2025. £37.99 (cloth); ISBN 9781009535830. E-book available,” Isis, ahead of print (2026).