{"product_id":"men-women-and-the-birthing-of-modern-science-9780875803401","title":"Men Women and the Birthing of Modern Science","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTraces the division of natural philosophy into the categories of philosophy and science, and the marginalization of women as intellectuals. Here, scholars of gender, women's history, and the history of philosophy and science write on these themes, allowing the opportunity for cross-cultural analysis into the history of both science and women.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe essays are widely dispersed geographically—a real virtue of this volume—and cover a broad range of subjects from the role of gender in early modern natural philosophy, both learned and popular, to the concept of \"household science\" to the work of various women philosophers, astronomers, medical practitioners, and experimenters. They bring to bear significant new research or, in other instances, a reconceptualization of an important subject.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Paula Findlen, Stanford University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn original and diverse set of essays that looks afresh at the roles of women in the Scientific Revolution. These readable essays provide an excellent counterpoint to the standard narratives of the era.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Anita Guerrini, University of California, Santa Barbara\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOf particular value is the distinctly international and comparative perspective brought to bear in the volume.... This eclectic and provocative compilation will undoubtedly be of interest to an array of scholars teaching and conducting research in the areas of early modern history, the history of science, philosophy, and gender studies.\u003c\/p\u003e * Nuncius: Journal of the History of Science *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTable of Contents\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Judith P. Zinsser\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e SECTION I—WOMEN NATURAL PHILOSOPHERS\u003cbr\u003e Queen Christina's Metamorphosis—Her Alchemical World Soul and Fictional Gender Transformation: Susanna Åckerman\u003cbr\u003e Margaret Cavendish and the Microscope as Play: Hilda L. Smith\u003cbr\u003e The Many Representations of the Marquise Du Chtelet: Judith P. Zinsser\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSECTION II—SHIFTING LANGUAGE, SHIFTING ROLES \u003cbr\u003e The Gender of Nature and the Nature of Gender in Early Modern Natural Philosophy: Margaret J. Osler \u003cbr\u003e Neither Natural Philosophy, Nor Science, Nor Literature—Gender, Writing, and the Pursuit of Nature in Fontenelle's Entretiens sur la pluralité des mondes habités: J. B. Shank \u003cbr\u003e Minerva and Venus—Algarotti's Newton's Philosophy for the Ladies: Franco Arato \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e SECTION III—WOMEN, MEN, AND THE NEW SCIENTIFIC ESTABLISHMENT \u003cbr\u003e Women and Science in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries—Different Social Practices, Different Textualities, and Different Kinds of Science: Lynette Hunter \u003cbr\u003e Joanna Stephen's Medicine and the Experimental Philosophy: Stephen Clucas \u003cbr\u003e The Invisible Economy of Science—A New Approach to the History of Gender and Astronomy at the Eighteenth-Century Berlin Academy of Sciences: Monika Mommertz, Translated by Julia Baker \u003cbr\u003e Princess Ekaterina Romanovna Dashkova and Women's Issues in Russia in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries: Grigory A. Tishkin, Translated by Albina Krymskaya \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Suggested Readings \u003cbr\u003e Index \u003cbr\u003e List of Contributors\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406418682199,"sku":"9780875803401","price":33.15,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780875803401.jpg?v=1730495730","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/men-women-and-the-birthing-of-modern-science-9780875803401","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}