At the Crossroads of the Scientific Revolution – Two French Seventeenth–Century Women of Science. Dieser Artikel ist nicht verfügbar.At the Crossroads of the Scientific Revolution – Two French Seventeenth–Century Women of Science

"The writings of mineralogist and hydrogeologist Martine de Bertereau (ca. 1584-ca. 1643) and alchemist and chemist Marie Meurdrac (ca. 1610-1680) stand at the crossroads of the so-called Scientific Revolution, a significant period between Copernicus andNewton that oversaw a new ferment in both the theoretical and empirical investigation of the natural world. Their works illustrate this age of transition, a spectacular time of growth in ideas and discoveries for both men and women"-- Provided by publisher.

Marie Meurdrac (ca.1610-80) was an alchemist and chemist who published the first so-called chemistry book by a woman.

Anne R. Larsen is professor emerita and senior research professor at Hope College. She is author of Anna Maria van Schurman, "The Star of Utrecht" The Educational Vision and Reception of a Savante and coeditor of Anna Maria van Schurman, Letters and Poems to and from Her Mentor and Other Members of Her Circle.

Colette H. Winn, professor emerita at Washington University in Saint Louis, is author of Far from Home in Early Modern France: Three Women's Stories and Les Femmes témoins de la révocation de l'édit de Nantes.