Women in Science: Antiquity Through the Nineteenth Century: A Biographical Dicantiquity Through the Nineteenth Century: A Biographical D

by Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie

Book Overview

"Was Marie Curie the only woman in science?" This question, asked by a college student trying to write an essay on women in science, planted a seed that grew over a decade of research into this informative and accessible biographical dictionary and bibliography. At the heart of this biographical dictionary are profiles of 186 women whose work is representative of the participation of women in the science of their time and culture. Despite the increasing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 026215031X
• ISBN13: 9780262150316
• Release Date: November 1986
• Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.