| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 340 pages) : illustrations, portraits |
| Contents |
Chronology -- Actors in a Supporting Role -- Introduction: A Sextet of Firsts, Variations on a Theme -- Interlude: Letter to Elisabeth, Reine, Jeanne, Madeleine Françoise, Marie-Marguerite, and Geneviève -- Mathematician and Philosopher : The "Celebrated Mlle Ferrand" (1700-1752) -- Interlude: Letter to Elisabeth -- Astronomer and "Learned Calculator" : Nicole Reine Lepaute (1723-1788) -- Interlude: Letter to Reine -- Botany in the Field and in the Garden : Jeanne Barret (1740-1807) and Madeleine Françoise Basseporte (1701-1780) -- Interlude: Letters to Jeanne and Madeleine Françoise -- Anatomist and Inventor : Marie-Marguerite Biheron and Her Medical Museum (1719-1795) -- Interlude: Letter to Marie-Marguerite -- Chemist and Experimentalist : Marie Geneviève Charlotte Thiroux d'Arconville and Her Choice of Anonymity (1720-1805) -- Interlude: Letter to Geneviève -- Epilogue |
| Summary |
"A fascinating collective biography of six female scientists in eighteenth-century France, whose stories were largely written out of history. This book presents the stories of six intrepid Frenchwomen of science in the Enlightenment whose accomplishments-though celebrated in their lifetimes--have been generally omitted from subsequent studies of their period: mathematician and philosopher Elisabeth Ferrand, astronomer Nicole Reine Lepaute, field naturalist Jeanne Barret, garden botanist and illustrator Madeleine Françoise Basseporte, anatomist and inventor Marie†'Marguerite Biheron, and chemist Geneviève d'Arconville. By adjusting our lens, we can find them. In a society where science was not yet an established profession for men, much less women, these six audacious and inspiring figures made their mark on their respective fields of science and on Enlightenment society, as they defied gender expectations and conventional norms. Their boldness and contributions to science were appreciated by such luminaries as Franklin, the philosophes, and many European monarchs. The book is written in an unorthodox style to match the women's breaking of boundaries."--Publisher's description |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 10, 2021) |
| Subject |
Ferrand, Elisabeth, 1700-1752.
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Lepaute, Nicole Reine, 1723-1788.
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Baret, Jeanne, 1740-1807.
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Basseporte, Madeleine Françoise, 1701-1780.
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Biheron, Marie-Marguerite, 1719-1795.
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Thiroux d'Arconville, Marie-Geneviève-Charlotte Darlus, 1720-1805.
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Thiroux d'Arconville, Marie-Geneviève-Charlotte Darlus, 1720-1805 fast |
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Baret, Jeanne, 1740-1807 fast |
| Subject |
Women scientists -- France -- History -- 18th century
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Women scientists -- France -- Biography
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Women in science -- France -- History -- 18th century
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SCIENCE / History.
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Women in science
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Women scientists
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France
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0300258437 |
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9780300258431 |
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