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In the ancient and medieval world, women served as royal physicians and nurses, taught mathematics, studied the stars, and practiced midwifery. As natural philosophers, physicists, anatomists, and botanists, they were central to the great intellectual flourishing of the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment. More recently women have been crucially involved in the Manhattan Project, pioneering space missions and much more. Despite their record of illustrious achievements, even today very few women win Nobel Prizes in science.
In this thoroughly researched, authoritative work, you will discover how women have navigated a male-dominated scientific culture - showing themselves to be pioneers and trailblazers, often without any recognition at all. Included in the book are the stories of:
- Hypatia of Alexandria, one of the earliest recorded female mathematicians
- Maria Cunitz who corrected errors in Kepler's work
- Emmy Noether who discovered fundamental laws of physics
- Vera Rubin one of the most influential astronomers of the twentieth century
- Jocelyn Bell Burnell who helped discover pulsars
In the ancient and medieval world, women served as royal physicians and nurses, taught mathematics, studied the stars, and practiced midwifery. As natural philosophers, physicists, anatomists, and botanists, they were central to the great intellectual flourishing of the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment. More recently women have been crucially involved in the Manhattan Project, pioneering space missions and much more. Despite their record of illustrious achievements, even today very few women win Nobel Prizes in science.
In this thoroughly researched, authoritative work, you will discover how women have navigated a male-dominated scientific culture - showing themselves to be pioneers and trailblazers, often without any recognition at all. Included in the book are the stories of:
- Hypatia of Alexandria, one of the earliest recorded female mathematicians
- Maria Cunitz who corrected errors in Kepler's work
- Emmy Noether who discovered fundamental laws of physics
- Vera Rubin one of the most influential astronomers of the twentieth century
- Jocelyn Bell Burnell who helped discover pulsars
Reading Women's Silence in the History of Science
Section I
Antiquity to the Middles Ages
Physicians, Midwives, and "Grannies"
The Supernatural and the Sanctified
Section II
The Renaissance & The Enlightenment
Women Calculate Their Own Path to Science
The Wives and Sisters of Scientific Partnerships
Women and the Science of the Body in the Scientific Revolution
Empire and Exploitation in the Age of Exploration
Section III
The Long Nineteenth Century
Women Science Writers and Popularizers
Botany for Ladies
From the Home to the Hospital
Home Physicians and Lady Doctors
Section IV
The Twentieth Century, Pre-World War II
"Powerful levers that move worlds!"
The Home as Laboratory
Women's Reproductive Freedom and the Eugenics Movement
Women Archaeologists and Anthropologists Humanize their Past
What Cannot Be Unmade
Section V
Twentieth Century, Post-World War II
The Plight of Women Refugee Scientists
Coming to America
Nature's Housekeepers Begin a Movement
The Double Bind in the Sciences
More than Astronauts
Reconfiguring the Female
The Problem with "Female Firsts"
Afterword
Other women to inspire
Index
Acknowledgments & Picture Credits
Endnotes
Bibliography
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2021 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Biographien |
| Rubrik: | Belletristik |
| Medium: | Buch |
| Seiten: | 272 |
| ISBN-13: | 9780711248977 |
| ISBN-10: | 0711248974 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Herstellernummer: | 328816 |
| Autor: |
Reser, Anna
McNeill, Leila |
| Hersteller: | Quarto Publishing Group |
| Abbildungen: | 100 colour photos |
| Maße: | 30 x 178 x 239 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Anna Reser (u. a.) |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 11.05.2021 |
| Gewicht: | 0,976 kg |
Reading Women's Silence in the History of Science
Section I
Antiquity to the Middles Ages
Physicians, Midwives, and "Grannies"
The Supernatural and the Sanctified
Section II
The Renaissance & The Enlightenment
Women Calculate Their Own Path to Science
The Wives and Sisters of Scientific Partnerships
Women and the Science of the Body in the Scientific Revolution
Empire and Exploitation in the Age of Exploration
Section III
The Long Nineteenth Century
Women Science Writers and Popularizers
Botany for Ladies
From the Home to the Hospital
Home Physicians and Lady Doctors
Section IV
The Twentieth Century, Pre-World War II
"Powerful levers that move worlds!"
The Home as Laboratory
Women's Reproductive Freedom and the Eugenics Movement
Women Archaeologists and Anthropologists Humanize their Past
What Cannot Be Unmade
Section V
Twentieth Century, Post-World War II
The Plight of Women Refugee Scientists
Coming to America
Nature's Housekeepers Begin a Movement
The Double Bind in the Sciences
More than Astronauts
Reconfiguring the Female
The Problem with "Female Firsts"
Afterword
Other women to inspire
Index
Acknowledgments & Picture Credits
Endnotes
Bibliography
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2021 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Biographien |
| Rubrik: | Belletristik |
| Medium: | Buch |
| Seiten: | 272 |
| ISBN-13: | 9780711248977 |
| ISBN-10: | 0711248974 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Herstellernummer: | 328816 |
| Autor: |
Reser, Anna
McNeill, Leila |
| Hersteller: | Quarto Publishing Group |
| Abbildungen: | 100 colour photos |
| Maße: | 30 x 178 x 239 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Anna Reser (u. a.) |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 11.05.2021 |
| Gewicht: | 0,976 kg |
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