From the ancient world to the present women have been critical to the progress of science, yet their importance is overlooked, their stories lost, distorted, or actively suppressed. Forces of Nature sets the record straight and charts the fascinating history of women's discoveries in science. In the ancient and medieval world, women served as royal physicians and nurses, taught mathematics, studied the stars, and practiced midwifery. As natural philosophers, physicists, anatomists, and botanists, they were central to the great intellectual flourishing of the Scientific Revolution and the…mehr
From the ancient world to the present women have been critical to the progress of science, yet their importance is overlooked, their stories lost, distorted, or actively suppressed. Forces of Nature sets the record straight and charts the fascinating history of women's discoveries in science.
In the ancient and medieval world, women served as royal physicians and nurses, taught mathematics, studied the stars, and practiced midwifery. As natural philosophers, physicists, anatomists, and botanists, they were central to the great intellectual flourishing of the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment. More recently women have been crucially involved in the Manhattan Project, pioneering space missions and much more. Despite their record of illustrious achievements, even today very few women win Nobel Prizes in science.
In this thoroughly researched, authoritative work, you will discover how women have navigated a male-dominated scientific culture - showing themselves to be pioneers and trailblazers, often without any recognition at all. Included in the book are the stories of: Hypatia of Alexandria, one of the earliest recorded female mathematiciansMaria Cunitz who corrected errors in Kepler's workEmmy Noether who discovered fundamental laws of physicsVera Rubin one of the most influential astronomers of the twentieth centuryJocelyn Bell Burnell who helped discover pulsars
Anna Reser is an American historian of science and technology. She holds a PhD in the history of science, technology, and medicine from the University of Oklahoma. She is the co-founder co-editor in chief of Lady Science magazine, and her writing has appeared in The Atlantic, Real Life, StarTrek.com, Technology’s Stories and more. Leila McNeill is an American writer, editor, and historian of science. She is an Affiliate Fellow in the History of Science at the University of Oklahoma and the co-founder and co-editor-in-chief of Lady Science magazine. She has been a columnist for Smithsonian.com and BBC Future, and she has been published by The Atlantic, The Baffler, JSTOR Daily, amongst others.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction Reading Women's Silence in the History of Science Section I Antiquity to the Middles Ages Physicians, Midwives, and "Grannies" The Supernatural and the Sanctified Section II The Renaissance & The Enlightenment Women Calculate Their Own Path to Science The Wives and Sisters of Scientific Partnerships Women and the Science of the Body in the Scientific Revolution Empire and Exploitation in the Age of Exploration Section III The Long Nineteenth Century Women Science Writers and Popularizers Botany for Ladies From the Home to the Hospital Home Physicians and Lady Doctors Section IV The Twentieth Century, Pre-World War II "Powerful levers that move worlds!" The Home as Laboratory Women's Reproductive Freedom and the Eugenics Movement Women Archaeologists and Anthropologists Humanize their Past What Cannot Be Unmade Section V Twentieth Century, Post-World War II The Plight of Women Refugee Scientists Coming to America Nature's Housekeepers Begin a Movement The Double Bind in the Sciences More than Astronauts Reconfiguring the Female The Problem with "Female Firsts" Afterword Other women to inspire Index Acknowledgments & Picture Credits Endnotes Bibliography
Introduction Reading Women's Silence in the History of Science Section I Antiquity to the Middles Ages Physicians, Midwives, and "Grannies" The Supernatural and the Sanctified Section II The Renaissance & The Enlightenment Women Calculate Their Own Path to Science The Wives and Sisters of Scientific Partnerships Women and the Science of the Body in the Scientific Revolution Empire and Exploitation in the Age of Exploration Section III The Long Nineteenth Century Women Science Writers and Popularizers Botany for Ladies From the Home to the Hospital Home Physicians and Lady Doctors Section IV The Twentieth Century, Pre-World War II "Powerful levers that move worlds!" The Home as Laboratory Women's Reproductive Freedom and the Eugenics Movement Women Archaeologists and Anthropologists Humanize their Past What Cannot Be Unmade Section V Twentieth Century, Post-World War II The Plight of Women Refugee Scientists Coming to America Nature's Housekeepers Begin a Movement The Double Bind in the Sciences More than Astronauts Reconfiguring the Female The Problem with "Female Firsts" Afterword Other women to inspire Index Acknowledgments & Picture Credits Endnotes Bibliography
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"Full of eye-opening information, this unique perspective on women's history will enthrall history buffs, science enthusiasts, and feminists." Publishers Weekly, Starred Review 20210205
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