Forces of Nature : The Women Who Changed Science
Anna Reser;Leila McNeill;Anna Reser;Leila McNeill
From the ancient world to the present women have been critical to the progress of scie...
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Forces of Nature : The Women Who Changed Science
2021
From the ancient world to the present women have been critical to the progress of science, yet their importance is overlooked, their stories lost, distorted, or actively suppressed. Forces of Nature sets the record straight and charts the fascinating history of women's discoveries in science. 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 mathematiciansMaria Cunitz who corrected errors in Kepler's workEmmy Noether who discovered fundamental laws of physicsVera Rubin one of the most influential astronomers of the twentieth centuryJocelyn Bell Burnell who helped discover pulsars
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Life and work of Margaret Gatty (1809 -1873 ), with particular reference to British sea-weeds (1863).
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Archives of Natural History; Apr2016, Vol. 43 Issue 1, p131-147, 17p
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Bryant, J. A.;Irvine, L. M.;Spencer Jones, M. E.;Plaisier, H.;McLean, A.;Jo...
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A biography of the 19th century British naturalist Mrs. Margaret Gatty is provided. Sh...
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Life and work of Margaret Gatty (1809 -1873 ), with particular reference to British sea-weeds (1863).
Archives of Natural History; Apr2016, Vol. 43 Issue 1, p131-147, 17p
A biography of the 19th century British naturalist Mrs . Margaret Gatty is provided. She was born in Essex, England on June 3, 1809 and married Reverend Alfred Gatty in 1839. Particular focus is given to her study of sea-weeds, including her 1863 book "British Sea-Weeds: Drawn From Professor Harvey’s ‘Phycologia Britannica’ With Descriptions, an Amateur’s Synopsis, Rules for Laying out Sea-Weeds, an Order for Arranging Them in a Herbarium, and an Appendix of New Species." Her relationship with phycologist William Henry Harvey is discussed.
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ENGLAND - UNITED Kingdom - GATTY, Alfred, Mrs., 1809-1873 - BRITISH Sea-Weeds: Drawn From Professor Harvey's Phycologia Britannica With Descriptions, an Amateur's Synopsis, Rules for Laying out Sea-Weeds, an Order for Arranging Them in a Herbarium & an Appendix of New Species (Book) - HARVEY, William Henry - MARINE algae - WOMEN naturalists - NATURALISTS - PHYCOLOGY - NATURAL history - WOMEN - BIOGRAPHY (Literary form)Content provider:
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The Magazine for the Young: Female Literary Networks and the Development of the Literary Magazine for Children.
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Nineteenth Century Gender Studies. Winter2017, Vol. 13 Issue 3, p17-43. 26p.
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Jordan, Ellen
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Nineteenth Century Gender Studies. Winter2017, Vol. 13 Issue 3, p17-43. 26p.
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Personal Writings By Women to 1900 : A Bibliography of American and British Writers
Davis, Gwenn;Joyce, Beverly A.;Davis, Gwenn;Joyce, Beverly A.
Personal Writings By Women to 1900 : A Bibliography of American and British Writers
1989
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American prose literature--Women authors--Bibliography - Women--United States--Biography--Bibliography - Women authors, American--Biography--Bibliography - English prose literature--Women authors--Bibliography - Women--Great Britain--Biography--Bibliography - Women authors, English--Biography--Bibliography - Autobiography--Women authors--Bibliography - English letters--Women authors--Bibliography - American letters--Women authors--BibliographyContent provider:
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British Musical Biography (9781108001885); 2009, p154-306, 153p
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British Musical Biography (9781108001885); 2009, p1-154, 154p
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Children's Literature Association Quarterly; Sep1991, Vol. 16 Issue 3, p100-160, 61p
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Children's Literature Association Quarterly; Sep1991, Vol. 16 Issue 3, p100-160, 61p
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