| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 290 pages) |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-285) and index. |
| Contents |
Scandinavia : Baltic diatoms, snow-line plants, insects of the oatfields -- Ireland : mosses, mollusks, and migrating boulders -- France : of physics, farms, and physicians -- Belgium and the Netherlands : from Ardennes mosses to East Indies algae -- Germany : Bavarian lakes, Brazilian forests, a kitchen in Braunschweig -- Austria-Hungary : mainly medicine -- Switzerland : physicians, botanists, and a chemist -- Italy : shells of Calabria, mosses of the hills of Rome, fishes of the alpine lakes -- International comparisons and conclusions -- Appendix. American women ; British women -- Bibliography of papers by West European women (excluding the British) in scientific periodicals, 1800-1900. |
| Summary |
A fascinating analysis of the work of notable women by national group, giving thorough data comparing the contributions of women in choice fields. Among the women presented are more than a few colorful personalities representative of the entire social scale, from a royal princess to the daughter of a Paris slum shopkeeper. Researchers in the field of women's history and science history will find this indexed volume a valuable resource. |
| Local Note |
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| Subject |
Women in science -- Europe, Western -- History -- 19th century.
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Women in science. |
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Western Europe. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Women scientists -- Europe, Western -- Biography.
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Women scientists. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Europe. |
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Science & Technology. |
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SCIENCE -- Essays. |
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SCIENCE -- Reference. |
| Chronological Term |
1800-1899 |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Creese, Thomas M.
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| Added Title |
Ladies in the laboratory 2 |
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Ladies in the laboratory two |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Ladies in the laboratory II Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2004. 0810849798 (alk. paper) (DLC) 2003020846 |
| ISBN |
9781461605812 ebook |
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1461605814 |
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0810849798 alkaline paper |
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9780810849792 |
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