Astronomy [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910451192703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Abingdon, Oxon, : Helicon, c2006
• ISBN: 1-280-75862-7; 9786610758623
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (230 p.)
• Collana: Hutchinson trends in science
• Disciplina: 520.904
• Soggetti: Astronomers; Astronomy; Astronomy - History - 20th century; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: "" Hutchinson Trends in Science: Astronomy""; ""Preface""; "" Table of contents""; "" Overview: astronomy in the 20th century""; ""introduction""; ""tools of the astronomer""; ""radio astronomy""; ""other astronomies""; ""rise of planetary science""; ""Sun and the stars""; ""galaxies""; ""cosmology""; ""recent and forthcoming advances""; "" Chronology""; "" Biographical sketches""; ""Alpher, Ralph Asher (1921-)""; ""Baade, (Wilhelm Heinrich) Walter (1893-1960)""; ""Babcock, Harold Delos (1882-1968)""; ""Bell Burnell, (Susan) Jocelyn (1943-)""; ""life""; ""the discovery of pulsars""""Bok, Bart J(an) (1906-1983)""; ""Bondi, Hermann (1919-2005)""; ""Bowen, Ira Sprague (1898-1973)""; ""Brown, Robert Hanbury (1916-2002)""; ""Burbidge, (Eleanor) Margaret (1919-)""; ""born Margaret Peachey""; ""Burbidge, Geoffrey (1925-)""; ""Cannon, Annie Jump (1863-1941)""; ""Chandrasekhar, Subrahmanyan (1910-1995)""; ""De Vaucouleurs, Gerard Henri (1918-1995)""; ""Dicke, Robert Henry (1916-1997)""; ""Eddington, Arthur Stanley (1882-1944)""; ""Fowler, William Alfred (1911-1995)""; ""nuclear synthesis in stars""; ""life""; ""calculating helium abundance""""Gamow, George (1904-1968)""; ""born Georgi Antonovich Gamow""; ""life""; ""radioactive decay""; ""hot ; Big Bang""; ""DNA""; ""Giacconi, Riccardo (1931-)""; ""Gold, Thomas (1920-)""; ""Hale, George Ellery (1868-1938)""; ""Hawking, Stephen (William) (1942-)""; ""Hertzsprung, Ejnar (1873-1967)""; ""Hewish, Antony (1924-)""; ""Hey, James Stanley (1909-2000)""; ""Hoyle, Fred(erick) (1915-2001)""; ""Hubble, Edwin (Powell) (1889-1953)""; ""Hulst, van de, Hendrik Christoffel (1918-2000)""; ""Humason, Milton Lasell (1891-1972)""; ""Jansky, Karl Guthe (1905-1950)""""Korolev, Sergei Pavlovich (1906-1966)""; ""Kuiper, Gerard Peter (1905-1973)""; ""Leavitt, Henrietta Swan (1868-1921)""; ""Lemaître, Georges Edouard (1894-1966)""; ""Lovell, (Alfred Charles) Bernard (1913-)""; ""Lowell, Percival (1855-1916)""; ""Lynden-Bell, Donald (1935-)""; ""Maury, Antonia Caetana de Paiva Pereira (1866-1952)""; ""Minkowski, Rudolph Leo (1895-1976)""; ""Moore, Patrick (Alfred Caldwell) (1923-)""; ""Neugebauer, Gerry (1932-)""; ""born Gerald Neugebauer""; ""Oort, Jan Hendrik (1900-1992)""; ""Slipher, Vesto Melvin (1875-1969)""

In other words : writing as a feminist / / edited by Gail Chester and Sigrid Nielsen

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910786305803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013
• ISBN: 1-136-18951-3; 0-203-08411-X; 1-283-84599-7; 1-136-18952-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (249 p.)
• Collana: Routledge library editions : Feminist theory
• Altri autori (Persone): ChesterGail; NielsenSigrid
• Disciplina: 305.42; 820.99287; 820/.9/9287
• Soggetti: Women and literature - Great Britain; Feminism and literature - Great Britain
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: First published in 1987 by Hutchinson.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: IN OTHER WORDS Writing as a feminist; Copyright; In Other Words Writing as a feminist; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: writing as a feminist; Part One What Women Write; Imaginary ape or The one-eyed monkey answers questions; Poetry - who cares?; The controversial feminist; A double knot on the peeny; I tell my 3 year old she's real . . . : writing lesbian-feminist children's books; Women and fiction: how we present ourselves and others; Meandering towards an ordinary job; The art of non-fiction (or the social construction of aesthetic divisions); Lesbian sexuality: joining the dotsWriting erotica; Part Two Taking Control; Lessons of history: beyond the male-stream classroom; Working in the word factory; Producing a feminist magazine; They tried to rip me off; Why there's a light-box where my typewriter should be - being a feminist publisher; I am a feminist and a journalist . . .; Translating as a feminist; What the hell is feminist editing?; Part Three Writing About Ourselves; T. S. Eliot never called himself a clerk; Writing for my mother; On being a late starter; Writing as a lesbian mother; Words are weapons; Leaving it 'til later; An apologyWriting as an Irish woman in England; Class conflicts; Young, gifted and getting there; Imprisoning vision: towards a non-visualist language; Part Four Support and Communication; Making connections: the collective working experience; Writer/worker/feminist; Not chance but a community: women and élitism in poetry; Women like us; Broadening visions; Voice; The script: a scene for four female characters; Resources section
• Sommario/riassunto: This is a book for all women writers, professional, amateur or aspiring, in which forty women talk about writing and the part it plays in their lives. Self-discovery, work, personal liberation, communication, hope for change - all these motives inspire these short and direct personal statements.The contributors come from very different backgrounds: some, like Sara Maitland, Rosemary Manning, Anna Livia, Suniti Namjoshi, are well known. Others are unpublished. In Other Words will provide practical support and encouragement for any woman who writes.