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1 online resource (xxv, 272 pages, 11 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
Summary |
If women's interest and participation in the advancement of science has a long history, the academic study of their contributions is a far more recent phenomenon, to be placed in the wake of "second wave" feminism in the 1970s and the advent of women's studies which have, since then, given impetus to research on female figures in specific fields or, more generally speaking, on women's battles to gain access to knowledge, education and recognition in the scientific world. These studies-while p ... |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Women in science -- History.
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Women in science. |
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History. |
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Scientific literature -- History.
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Scientific literature. |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Added Author |
Andréolle, Donna Spalding.
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Molinari, Véronique.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Women and science : 17th century to present : pioneers, activists and protagonists. Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars, ©2011 9781443829182 (DLC) 2011431239 (OCoLC)711046139 |
ISBN |
9781443830676 (electronic book) |
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1443830674 (electronic book) |
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1443830674 |
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9781443829182 (cloth) |
Standard No. |
9786613192899 |
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