ISBN:
9783030789732
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xxviii, 658 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als The Palgrave handbook of women and science since 1660
DDC:
500.8209
Keywords:
Women in science-History
;
Feminism and science-History
;
Women scientists-History
;
Electronic books
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Frau
;
Sozialgeschichte 1660-2021
;
Medizin
;
Ingenieurwissenschaften
;
Naturwissenschaften
;
Frau
;
Geschichte 1660-2021
;
MINT-Beruf
Abstract:
Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Part I Introduction -- 1 Women in the History of Science: Frameworks, Themes and Contested Perspectives -- From Great Women to a More Nuanced View: Scholarship on Women in Science -- References -- Part II Strategies and Networks -- 2 The Natural Philosophy of Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle: Nature, Self-Knowing Matter, and the Dialogic Universe -- The Scientific Revolution -- Cavendish's Early Particle Theory: 'Poems and Fancies' and 'Philosophical Fancies' (1653) -- Literary Forms and Cavendish's Later Science -- Observations upon Experimental Philosophy (1666) -- The Blazing World -- Conclusion: Cavendish on Education for Women -- References -- 3 Navigating Enlightenment Science: The Case of Marie Geneviève-Charlotte Darlus Thiroux D'Arconville and Gabrielle Émilie Le Tonnelier De Breteuil and the Republic of Letters -- Enlightenment Cultural Norms: The Nature of Woman -- Scientific Education for a Woman -- Personal Networks of Correspondents and Researchers -- Translations, Commentaries, and Anonymity -- Conclusion -- References -- 4 'A Valuable Gift': The Medical Life of Margaret Mason, Lady Mount Cashell -- A Physician's Life -- 'It Is a Mistake to Suppose the Aid of Men Necessary' -- Conclusion -- References -- 5 Janet Taylor (1804-1870): Mathematical Instrument Maker and Teacher of Navigation -- Learning About Mrs. Taylor -- Mrs. Taylor's Early Life -- Janet Taylor-Author -- Mathematical Instrument Manufacturer-And Inventor -- Janet Taylor-Compass Adjuster -- Janet Taylor-A Civil List Pension -- Remembering Mrs. Taylor -- References -- 6 Early Female Geologists: The Importance of Professional and Educational Societies During the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries -- Social Context and Attitudes to Scientific Women.
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