EAN: 9783319261256

SPRINGER PRAXIS BOOKS THE UNFORGOTTEN SISTERS...

Taking inspiration from Siv Cedering's poem in the form of a fictional letter from Caroline
Herschel that refers to my long  lost sisters  forgotten in the books that record our science 
this book tells the lives of twenty-five female scientists  with specific attention to
astronomers and mathematicians. Each of the presented biographies is organized as a kind of
personal file which sets the biographee's life in its historical context  documents her main
works  highlights some curious facts  and records citations about her. The selected figures are
among the most representative of this neglected world  including such luminaries as Hypatia of
Alexandra  Hildegard of Bingen  Elisabetha Hevelius  and Maria Gaetana Agnesi. They span a
period of about 4000 years  from En HeduAnna  the Akkadian princess  who was one of the first
recognized female astronomers  to the dawn of the era of modern astronomy with Caroline
Herschel and Mary Somerville. The book will be of interest to allwho wish to learn more about
the women from antiquity to the nineteenth century who played such key roles in the history of
astronomy and science despite living and working in largely male-dominated worlds.

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