LEADER 04105nam 22008295 450 001 9910254637203321 005 20251021191919.0 010 $a1-78684-332-3 010 $a3-319-26127-4 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-319-26127-0 035 $a(CKB)3710000000616262 035 $a(EBL)4452079 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001654194 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16433655 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001654194 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14982486 035 $a(PQKB)10402929 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-319-26127-0 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4452079 035 $a(CaBNVSL)gtp00567217 035 $a(Credo)sprytli2016 035 $a(OCoLC)999569659 035 $a(Credo)9781786843326 035 $a(PPN)192772198 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000616262 100 $a20160314d2016 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Unforgotten Sisters $eFemale Astronomers and Scientists before Caroline Herschel /$fby Gabriella Bernardi 205 $a1st ed. 2016. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (194 p.) 225 1 $aPopular Astronomy,$x2626-8779 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a3-319-26125-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 177-179). 327 $aEn Heduanna -- Aganice -- Sonduk -- Teano -- Aglaonike -- Hypatia of Alexandria -- Fatima of Madrid -- Ildelgard of Bingen -- Sophie Brahe -- Maria Cunitz -- Elisabetha Hevelius -- Maria Clara Eimmart -- Maria Margarethe Winkelmann -- Teresa and Maddalena Manfredi. 330 $aTaking inspiration from Siv Cedering?s poem in the form of a fictional letter from Caroline Herschel that refers to ?my long, lost sisters, forgotten in the books that record our science?, this book tells the lives of twenty-five female scientists, with specific attention to astronomers and mathematicians. Each of the presented biographies is organized as a kind of "personal file" which sets the biographee?s life in its historical context, documents her main works, highlights some curious facts, and records citations about her. The selected figures are among the most representative of this neglected world, including such luminaries as Hypatia of Alexandra, Hildegard of Bingen, Elisabetha Hevelius, and Maria Gaetana Agnesi. They span a period of about 4000 years, from En HeduAnna, the Akkadian princess, who was one of the first recognized female astronomers, to the dawn of the era of modern astronomy with Caroline Herschel and Mary Somerville. The book will be of interest to allwho wish to learn more about the women from antiquity to the nineteenth century who played such key roles in the history of astronomy and science despite living and working in largely male-dominated worlds. 410 0$aPopular Astronomy,$x2626-8779 606 $aSolar system 606 $aAstronomy 606 $aScience$xHistory 606 $aAstronomy$vObservations 606 $aPhysics$xPhilosophy 606 $aSpace Physics 606 $aAstronomy, Cosmology and Space Sciences 606 $aHistory of Science 606 $aAstronomy, Observations and Techniques 606 $aPhilosophical Foundations of Physics and Astronomy 615 0$aSolar system. 615 0$aAstronomy. 615 0$aScience$xHistory. 615 0$aAstronomy 615 0$aPhysics$xPhilosophy. 615 14$aSpace Physics. 615 24$aAstronomy, Cosmology and Space Sciences. 615 24$aHistory of Science. 615 24$aAstronomy, Observations and Techniques. 615 24$aPhilosophical Foundations of Physics and Astronomy. 676 $a520.92 700 $aBernardi$b Gabriella$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0814143 712 02$aCredo Reference (Firm), 801 0$bCaBNVSL 801 1$bCaBNVSL 801 2$bCaBNVSL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910254637203321 996 $aThe Unforgotten Sisters$92509827 997 $aUNINA