Book ID: CBB098760516

Women in the History of Science: A Sourcebook (2023)

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Wills, Hannah (Editor)
Sadie Harrison (Editor)
Erika Lynn Jones (Editor)
Martin, Rebecca (Editor)
Farrah Lawrence-Mackey (Editor)
Erika Jones (Editor)


UCL Press
Publication date: 2023
Language: English


Publication Date: 2023
Physical Details: 474

Women in the History of Science brings together primary sources that highlight women’s involvement in scientific knowledge production around the world. Including texts, images, and objects, the primary sources are each accompanied by an explanatory text, questions to prompt discussion, and a bibliography to aid further research. Arranged by time period, from 1200 BCE to the twenty-first century, and covering twelve inclusive and far-reaching themes, this book is an invaluable companion to students and lecturers alike in exploring women’s history in the fields of science, technology, mathematics, medicine, and culture.

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Review Sally Gregory Kohlstedt (2023) Review of "Women in the History of Science: A Sourcebook". British Journal for the History of Science (pp. 593-595). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Barral Morán, María José
Couchman, Jane
Foster, Amy E.
Huang, Gary
Josephson, Paul R.
Kuwahara, Motoko
Journals
Minerva: A Review of Science, Learning and Policy
Ambix: Journal of the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry
History of Science
I Tatti Studies: Essays in the Renaissance
Research in the History of Technology
Technology and Culture
Publishers
IEEE
Ashgate Publishing
Franz Steiner Verlag
Johns Hopkins University Press
National Center for Education Statistics
Prensas Universitarias de Zaragoza
Concepts
Women in science
Women in technology
Science and gender
Women
Technology and gender
Women in medicine
People
Melkin, Natalya Fyodorovna
Popovich, Marina Lavrentʹevna
Savitskaya, Svetlana Yevgenyevna
Tereshkova, Valentina
Time Periods
20th century
20th century, late
21st century
15th century
16th century
17th century
Places
United States
Europe
Brazil
Great Britain
Soviet Union
China
Institutions
International Business Machines Corporation
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Norwegian Institute of Technology (Norges tekniske høgskole)
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