Ebook: Hypatia's Heritage ; A History of Women in Science from Antiquity through the Nineteenth Century

A history of women in science from antiquity through the nineteenth century.

Hypotia of Alexandria- last of the great pagan scientists, famous throughout the
ancient world for her work in mathematics, astronomy, and philosophy, and
brutally murdered by 5th-century Christians- is one of the fascinating women
whose lives are revealed in this comprehensive study. Margaret Alic draws on a
wealth of biographic and scientific evidence to recover the stories of outstanding
women whose names have been left out of the history books, whose work hos
been suppressed or stolen, whose achievements in science, medicine and
mathematics hove been denied. Beginning in prehistory and continuing through
the nineteenth century, she traces the lost heritage of women in science- women
such as the Abbess Hildegard of Bingen, "Mod Madge" the Duchess of Newcastle,
the notorious Emilie du Chotelet, Lady Mory Wortley Montogu, and Caroline
Herschel, discoverer of comets.