Pandora's breeches : women, science and power in the Enlightenment / Patricia Fara.
Pubblicazione:
London : Pimlico, 2004.
Descrizione fisica:
XI, 274 p. : ill., ritr. ; 24 cm
Serie:
Pimlico ; 637
Contiene:
Indice: List of illustrations. Acknowledgements. Pt. 1. Pandora, Eve, Minerva: Prologue. 1. Women-science 2. Lady philosophy-Francis Bacon. Pt. 2. In the shadows of giants: 3. Elisabeth of Bohemia-René Descartes 4. Anne Conway-Gottfried Leibniz 5. Émile du Châtelet-Isaac Newton. Pt. 3. Domestic science: 6. Jane Dee-John Dee 7. Elisabetha Hevelius-Johannes Hevelius 8. Caroline Herschel-William Herschel 9. Marie Paulze Lavoisier-Antoine Lavoisier. Pt. 4. Under science's banner: 10. Priscilla Wakefield-Carl Linnaeus 11. Mary Shelley-Victor Frankenstein. Epilogue. Notes. Bibliography. Index
