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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788544703321

Titolo

Women and science, 17th century to present [[electronic resource] ] : pioneers, activists and protagonists / / edited by Donna Spalding Andreolle and Veronique Molinari

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, : Cambridge Scholars, 2011

ISBN

1-283-19289-6

1-4438-3067-4

9786613192899

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (309 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

AndreolleDonna Spalding

MolinariVeronique

Disciplina

500.82

Soggetti

Women in science - History

Scientific literature - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART I; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; PART II; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; PART III; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; BIBLIOGRAPHY; CONTRIBUTORS

Sommario/riassunto

If women's interest and participation in the advancement of science has a long history, the academic study of their contributions is a far more recent phenomenon, to be placed in the wake of "second wave" feminism in the 1970's and the advent of women's studies which have, since then, given impetus to research on female figures in specific fields or, more generally speaking, on women's battles to gain access to knowledge, education and recognition in the scientific world. These studies-while p...