Pandora's breeches women, science and power in the Enlightenment /: women, science and power in the Enlightenment. (2004)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Patricia Fara.
• Other Names: Fara, Patricia
• Contents: Pandora/Eve/Minerva. Women/science -- Lady philosophy/Francis Bacon -- In the shadows of giants. Elisabeth of Bohemia/René Descartes -- Anne Conway/Gottfried Leibniz -- Émilie du Châtelet/Isaac Newton -- Domestic science. Jane Dee/John Dee -- Elisabetha Hevelius/Johannes Hevelius -- Caroline Herschel/William Herschel -- Marie Paulze Lavoisier/Antoine Lavoisier -- Under science's banner. Priscilla Wakefield/Carl Linnaeus -- Mary Shelley/Victor Frankenstein.
• Publisher Details: London : Pimlico
• Publication Date: 2004
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations, portraits
• Subjects: 500.82; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies; Women scientists -- History -- 17th century; Women scientists -- History -- 18th century; Women in science -- History -- 17th century; Women in science -- History -- 18th century; Women in science; Women scientists; Natuurwetenschappen; Huishoudkunde; Vrouwenstudies; Vrouwenberoepen; Naturwissenschaften; Naturwissenschaftlerin; Frau; Frau; Wissenschaft; Wissenschaftlerin; SCIENCE / History; Gender studies: women; Popular science; History; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781446435168; 1446435164
• Related ISBNs: 1844130827; 9781844130825
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 254-266) and index.; Note: Description based on print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.