Forces of nature the women who changed science
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. I...
| Main Author: | Reser, Anna (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
London, UK :
Frances Lincoln,
2021.
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| 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. 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. |
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| Physical Description: |
272 p. ; 23 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780711248977 0711248974 |
| Author Notes: |
Leila A. McNeill is an American writer, editor, and historian of science. She studied literature at the University of Texas at Dallas where she graduated with a Master's Degree in Literary Studies. She then shifted focus to the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine, in which she earned another Master's Degree at the University of Oklahoma. She is now an editor-in-chief of the online magazine, Lady Science , and an independent researcher and a freelance writer with a focus on women and gender in the history of science, technology and medicine. |