Description
Book SynopsisIt not only celebrates Cavendish as a true figure of the scientific age but contributes to a broader understanding of the contested nature of the scientific revolution.
Trade ReviewA useful addition to the canon of critical work on the scientific revolution. Choice 2010 A welcome addition to early modern philosophy courses, in which women are often entirely absent or subordinated. Using Cavendish and Sarasohn's book will lead to very interesting discussions about the role of women in science and society in the early modern period. -- Benjamin Goldberg HOPOS: The Journal of the International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science 2011
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Introduction: Gender, Nature, and Natural Philosophy
1. A Wonderful Natural Philosopher
2. Cavendish's Early Atomism
3. The Life of Matter
4. The Imaginative Universe of Natures Pictures
5. The Politics of Matter
6. The Challenge of Immaterial Matter
7. Cavendish against the Experimenters
8. Material Regenerations
Conclusion: Does Cavendish Matter?
Notes
Essay on Sources
Index
