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Reser, Anna.
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Women scientists -- Biography.
Scientists -- Biography.
Women in science.
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Reser, Anna.
Women scientists -- Biography.
Scientists -- Biography.
Women in science.
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Forces
of
nature
: the
women
who
changed
science
/ Reser, Anna & Leila McNeill.
by
Reser, Anna.
Frances Lincoln, 2021.
Call #:
509.25209 R433f
Subjects
Women
scientists -- Biography.
Scientists -- Biography.
Women
in
science
.
ISBN:
9780711248977 (hc.)
Alternate title:
Women
who
changed
science
Description:
271 p. : col. ill.; 23 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 264-271).
Contents:
Introduction -- Section I: Antiquity to the Middle Ages -- Section II: The Renaissance & the Enlightenment -- Section III: The long nineteenth century -- Section IV: The twentieth century, pre-World War II -- Section V: the twentieth century, post-World War II -- Afterword.
Summary:
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. The book 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
.
Genre:
Biographies.
Other authors:
McNeill, Leila.
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