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Taking Ogilvie's groundbreaking 1986 reference Women in Science: Antiquity Through the Nineteenth Century as its starting point, this monumental work expands the original 270-page book into a comprehensive two-volume set containing over 2500 entries that span the globe.
This critically acclaimed resource combines women's history and science history as it ranges from the woman philosophers and physicians of ancient Greece and Rome, through the "bluestockings" of the Enlightenment and culminates with the early 20th century's pathblazing pioneers. The signed A-Z entries combine fast access to resume-style details with fascinating biographical articles on these women and their lives, works, and accomplishments.
Includes bibliographies of primary and secondary sources; guides to scientists by time period, country, discipline; index.
Entries include:Adelberger of Lombardy (Italian physician)
• Grace Andrews (US mathematician)
• Aspasia (Greek natural philosopher)
• Charlotte Auerbach (UK geneticist)
• Duck-Heung Bang (Korean Physician)
• Evelyn Briggs Baldwin (US meteorologist, explorer)
• Harriet Bigelow (US astronomer)
• Luci Blanquies (French physicist)
• Marjorie Lee Brown (US mathematician)
• Wafaa El Sadeek (Egyptian archaeologist )
• Faustina (Roman physician)
• Yoshi Katsurada (Japanese mathematician)
• Liliana Lubinska (Polish neuroscientist)
• Sarah Mather (US inventor)
• Radha Pant (Indian biologist)
Well known for her Women in Science: Antiquity Through the Nineteenth Century, Ogilvie has joined with Harvey (Almost a Man of Genius) to publish a two-volume bio/bibliographical resource covering approximately 2500 women scientists from all over the world. Recent biographical publications devoted to women scientists, such as Notable Women in the Physical Sciences: A Biographical Dictionary (Greenwood, 1997) and American Women in Science, 1950 to the Present (LJ 2/15/99), are limited by either discipline, time period, or nationality. Ogilvie and Harvey include scientists from across all fields and nationalities, although they admit that the dictionary is still slanted toward the United States and Great Britain owing to language barriers and the amount of information available. The editors use broader criteria for earlier time periods but apply more stringent standards for later centuries, when science became more professionalized. The entries were written by a small group of contributors comprising scientists and historians. Arranged alphabetically, each entry has a short summary of personal information, education, and professional experience, a brief biographical narrative, and a bibliography of selected primary and secondary sources. The entries range from very brief to a few pages for the better-known subjects. Indexes include lists of scientists by occupation, time period, and country as well as a subject index. Ogilvie and Harvey have compiled a very comprehensive biographical resource that is highly recommended for academic and public libraries.--Teresa Berry, Univ. of Tennessee Libs., Knoxville Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.
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Robert Jordan
reviewed The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: Pioneering Lives from Ancient Times to the Mid-20th Century on December 31, 2012
The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: Pioneering Lives from Ancient Times to the Mid-20th Century
This is the collected proceeding of a workshop on Women in Science. As a woman in science I can relate to a lot of the experiences of the women studied, particularly the more recent ones. Things HAVE changed (even since I was young) but not that much.
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