The Unforgotten Sisters Female Astronomers and Scientists before Caroline Herschel

The Unforgotten Sisters Female Astronomers and Scientists before Caroline Herschel / by Gabriella Bernardi.

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...

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Main Author: Bernardi, Gabriella (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edition:1st ed. 2016.
Series:Popular Astronomy,
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Space sciences.
Astronomy.
History.
Observations, Astronomical.
Astronomy—Observations.
Physics.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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