The Unforgotten Sisters: Female Astronomers and Scientists Before Caroline Herschel

by Gabriella Bernardi

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319261258
• ISBN13: 9783319261256
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 179 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"