Women of Science: Righting the Record

ISBN 10: 0253208130 / ISBN 13: 9780253208132

Verlag: Indiana University Press (Ips), 1990

Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers G0253208130I4N10

Inhaltsangabe:

Women of Science is a collection of essays dealing with contributions women have made to various scientific disciplines, written by women scientists in those disciplines. The areas covered are: astronomy, archaeology, biology, chemistry, crystallography, engineering, geology, mathematics, medicine, and physics. The women who have written these essays are, for the most part, not professional historians, but rather scientific professionals who felt the necessity of researching the contributions women have made to the devlopment of their fields.

The essays are unique, not only because they recover lost women who made significant contributions to their disciplines, but also because they are written with a depth of understanding that only a scientist working in a specific area can have.

The essays will be of interest not only to students (especially women students) of science who may be unaware of the many contributions women have made, but also to readers of the history of science whoses texts more often than not fail to include the work of most women scientists.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: edited by Gabriele Kass-Simon, Patricia Farnes, M.D.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Women of Science: Righting the Record
Verlag: Indiana University Press (Ips)
Erscheinungsdatum: 1990
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: Very Good
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket