Ursula Franklin

Ursula Martius Franklin, CC, O.Ont, FRSC ( born September 16, 1921 in Munich) is a German -Canadian physicist.

Life

Ursula Martius grew up in Munich. During the Second World War she was the mother interned in a labor camp because of her Jewish ancestry. From the study of physics, it was excluded in 1942. In 1947, she attacked the German Physical Society on account of their toleration of old Nazis. She received her PhD in 1948 at the formerly persecuted Hartmut Kallmann at the Technical University of Berlin in experimental physics. The following year she went as a post- doctoral student at the University of Toronto and has since remained in Canada. In 1967 she became the first female professor in the Department of Metallurgy and Materials Science of the University of Toronto.

It is considered a pioneer of Archaeometry. Franklin developed, among other methods for the precise determination of radioactive strontium isotope 90Sr, which is formed in the atmosphere by atomic bomb explosions. She also deals with the technology assessment, as well as interactions between technology and society, particularly with peace issues. After she was allowed to keep the Massey Lectures in 1989, she published it in 1992, the book The Real World of Technology.

Awards

• Franklin in 1981 the Order of Officer of the Order of Canada and
• 1992 Companion of the Order of Canada awarded the highest level of the Order of Canada, Canada's highest award for civilians.
• 2001 Franklin was recognized for her contributions to the Pearson Peace Medal, a Canadian Peace Prize.

Writings

• The Real World of Technology ( CBC Massey Lectures series =. ). CBC Enterprises, Montreal, 1990, ISBN 0-88784-531-2.
• The Ursula Franklin Reader. Pacifism as a Map. With an introduction by Michelle Swenarchuk. Between the Lines, Toronto, 2006, ISBN 1-897071-18-3.