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Author:   Judith Zinsser
Publisher:   Cornell University Press
Imprint:   Northern Illinois University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.907kg
ISBN:  

9780875803401

ISBN 10:   0875803407
Pages:   277
Publication Date:   10 August 2005
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: Judith P. Zinsser SECTION I—WOMEN NATURAL PHILOSOPHERS Queen Christina's Metamorphosis—Her Alchemical World Soul and Fictional Gender Transformation: Susanna Åckerman Margaret Cavendish and the Microscope as Play: Hilda L. Smith The Many Representations of the Marquise Du Chtelet: Judith P. Zinsser SECTION II—SHIFTING LANGUAGE, SHIFTING ROLES The Gender of Nature and the Nature of Gender in Early Modern Natural Philosophy: Margaret J. Osler Neither Natural Philosophy, Nor Science, Nor Literature—Gender, Writing, and the Pursuit of Nature in Fontenelle's Entretiens sur la pluralité des mondes habités: J. B. Shank Minerva and Venus—Algarotti's Newton's Philosophy for the Ladies: Franco Arato SECTION III—WOMEN, MEN, AND THE NEW SCIENTIFIC ESTABLISHMENT Women and Science in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries—Different Social Practices, Different Textualities, and Different Kinds of Science: Lynette Hunter Joanna Stephen's Medicine and the Experimental Philosophy: Stephen Clucas The Invisible Economy of Science—A New Approach to the History of Gender and Astronomy at the Eighteenth-Century Berlin Academy of Sciences: Monika Mommertz, Translated by Julia Baker Princess Ekaterina Romanovna Dashkova and Women's Issues in Russia in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries: Grigory A. Tishkin, Translated by Albina Krymskaya Suggested Readings Index List of Contributors

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<p> The essays are widely dispersed geographically--a real virtue of this volume--and cover a broad range of subjects from the role of gender in early modern natural philosophy, both learned and popular, to the concept of 'household science' to the work of various women philosophers, astronomers, medical practitioners, and experimenters. They bring to bear significant new research or, in other instances, a reconceptualization of an important subject. --Paula Findlen, Stanford University<p> An original and diverse set of essays that looks afresh at the roles of women in the Scientific Revolution. These readable essays provide an excellent counterpoint to the standard narratives of the era. --Anita Guerrini, University of California, Santa Barbara<p> Of particular value is the distinctly international and comparative perspective brought to bear in the volume.... This eclectic and provocative compilation will undoubtedly be of interest to an array of scholars teaching and conducting resea

The essays are widely dispersed geographically-a real virtue of this volume-and cover a broad range of subjects from the role of gender in early modern natural philosophy, both learned and popular, to the concept of household science to the work of various women philosophers, astronomers, medical practitioners, and experimenters. They bring to bear significant new research or, in other instances, a reconceptualization of an important subject. -- Paula Findlen, Stanford University An original and diverse set of essays that looks afresh at the roles of women in the Scientific Revolution. These readable essays provide an excellent counterpoint to the standard narratives of the era. -- Anita Guerrini, University of California, Santa Barbara Of particular value is the distinctly international and comparative perspective brought to bear in the volume.... This eclectic and provocative compilation will undoubtedly be of interest to an array of scholars teaching and conducting research in the areas of early modern history, the history of science, philosophy, and gender studies. * Nuncius: Journal of the History of Science *

The essays are widely dispersed geographically--a real virtue of this volume--and cover a broad range of subjects from the role of gender in early modern natural philosophy, both learned and popular, to the concept of 'household science' to the work of various women philosophers, astronomers, medical practitioners, and experimenters. They bring to bear significant new research or, in other instances, a reconceptualization of an important subject. --Paula Findlen, Stanford University An original and diverse set of essays that looks afresh at the roles of women in the Scientific Revolution. These readable essays provide an excellent counterpoint to the standard narratives of the era. --Anita Guerrini, University of California, Santa Barbara Of particular value is the distinctly international and comparative perspective brought to bear in the volume.... This eclectic and provocative compilation will undoubtedly be of interest to an array of scholars teaching and conducting research in the areas of early modern history, the history of science, philosophy, and gender studies. -- Nuncius: Journal of the History of Science

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