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Ladies in the Laboratory? American and British Women in Science, 1800-1900
Creese, Mary R.S.; Creese, Thomas M.
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Description for Ladies in the Laboratory? American and British Women in Science, 1800-1900
A systematic survey and comparison of the work of 19th-century American and British women in scientific research, this book covers the two countries in which women of the period were most active in scientific work and examines all the fields in which they were engaged. Num Pages: 452 pages, 23 figures. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JH; JFSJ1; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 291 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1382.
A systematic survey and comparison of the work of 19th-century American and British women in scientific research, this book covers the two countries in which women of the period were most active in scientific work and examines all the fields in which they were engaged. The field-by-field examination brings out patterns and concentrations in women's research (in both countries) and allows a systematic comparison of the two national groups. Through this comparison, new insights are provided into how the national patterns developed and what they meant, in terms of both the process of women's entry into research and the contributions ... Read more
A systematic survey and comparison of the work of 19th-century American and British women in scientific research, this book covers the two countries in which women of the period were most active in scientific work and examines all the fields in which they were engaged. The field-by-field examination brings out patterns and concentrations in women's research (in both countries) and allows a systematic comparison of the two national groups. Through this comparison, new insights are provided into how the national patterns developed and what they meant, in terms of both the process of women's entry into research and the contributions ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
452
Condition
New
Number of Pages
452
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780810832879
SKU
V9780810832879
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99-15
About Creese, Mary R.S.; Creese, Thomas M.
Mary R.S. Creese is an associate at the Hall Center for the Humanities, University of Kansas. After almost thirty years as a reserch chemist, she turned to the subject of women's contributions to scientific work and has published more than 20 articles on early women scientists.
Reviews for Ladies in the Laboratory? American and British Women in Science, 1800-1900
This volume provides much more information about the scientific work performed by these women and includes more women from that time period than many other biographical sources...offers a substantial addition to more comprehensive reference collections.
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