Pandora's breeches women, science and power in the Enlightenment /: women, science and power in the Enlightenment. (2004)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Pandora's breeches women, science and power in the Enlightenment /: women, science and power in the Enlightenment. (2004)
- Main Title:
- Pandora's breeches women, science and power in the Enlightenment
- 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.
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- Physical Locations:
- British Library HMNTS - ELD.DS.190431
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