Maria Mitchell and the Sexing of Science: An Astronomer among the American Romantics - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Beacon PressISBN-13:9780807021439ISBN-10:807021431UPC:9780807021439Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, ScienceBook Subcategory:Science & Technology, Women, Space ScienceBook Topic:AstronomySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.72 inchesWeight:1.0406Product ID:SCZZE3FD22
Maria Mitchell and the Sexing of Science: An Astronomer among the American Romantics
The story of one of America's first professional astronomers and the changes that led to science being a male-dominated field There are a number of intellectual women from the 19th century whose crucial roles in the philosophical, social, and scientific debates that roiled the era have not been fully examined.Among them is the astronomer Maria Mitchell. Given the relative dearth of women...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Beacon PressISBN-13:9780807021439ISBN-10:807021431UPC:9780807021439Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, ScienceBook Subcategory:Science & Technology, Women, Space ScienceBook Topic:AstronomySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.72 inchesWeight:1.0406Product ID:SCZZE3FD22
Ren?e Bergland teaches English and Gender/Cultural Studies at Simmons College and holds a research appointment in Women's and Gender Studies at Harvard. President of the New England American Studies Association and a former Fulbright scholar, she received a "We the People" grant from the NEH for her work on Maria Mitchell. She is author of The National Uncanny: Indian Ghosts and American...
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