Article ID: CBB000340795

Becoming a Scientist: Gender and Knowledge in Eighteenth-Century Italy (2003)

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Findlen, Paula (Author)


Science in Context
Volume: 16
Pages: 59--87


Publication Date: 2003
Edition Details: Part of a special issue on “Scientific Personae”
Language: English

Description Uses Diamante Medaglia Faini, poet and would-be mathematician, as a case study.


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Article Daston, Lorraine; Sibum, H. Otto (2003) Introduction: Scientific Personae and Their Histories. Science in Context (p. 1). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Mangione, Daniela
Forner, Claudio
Gallo, Valentina
Schwarze, Sabine
Viola, Corrado
Salvadé, Anna Maria
Concepts
Women in science
Science and literature
Science and gender
Natural philosophy
Popularization
Popular culture
Time Periods
18th century
17th century
19th century
20th century, late
20th century, early
Places
Italy
France
Bologna (Italy)
England
United States
Russia
Institutions
Académie Royale des Sciences (France)
Università di Bologna
Accademia del Cimento, Florence
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