The Unforgotten Sisters Female Astronomers and Scientists before Caroline Herschel /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Bernardi, Gabriella (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2016.
• Σειρά: Springer Praxis Books
• Θέματα: 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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• En 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.