Minerva's French sisters : women of science in enlightenment France / Nina Rattner Gelbart.
Minerva's French sisters : women of science in enlightenment France / Nina Rattner Gelbart.
Minerva's French sisters : women of science in enlightenment France / Nina Rattner Gelbart.
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Publisher
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2021]
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G 2021/0998
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English
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Physical content
xix, 340 pages : illustrations, portrait ; 24 cm
Content type
text
still image
Media type
unmediated
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volume
Publication information
Publisher
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2021]
Place of Publication
Connecticut
Date Published
[2021]
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Summary
A fascinating collective biography of six female scientists in eighteenth-century France, whose stories were largely written out of history. This book presents the stories of six intrepid Frenchwomen of science in the Enlightenment whose accomplishments--though celebrated in their lifetimes--have been generally omitted from subsequent studies of th...
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Minerva's French sisters : women of science in enlightenment France / Nina Rattner Gelbart.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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©2021
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G 2021/0998
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74VKazKZZyQX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKazKZZyQX
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ISBN
0300252560
9780300252569
DDC
509.252
MMS ID
991024398317502626
