The Unforgotten Sisters Female Astronomers and Scientists before Caroline Herschel /

• Main Author: Bernardi, Gabriella (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Series: Springer Praxis Books
• Subjects: Physics.; History.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Space sciences.; Astronomy.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; History of Science.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.

Taking 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 mathemat...