Women of the Scientific Revolution

by Jeri Freedman

Women were not allowed to attend academic institutions in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, but many were highly educated and contributed significantly to understanding laws of science and nature. Many are unfamiliar with the women who were instrumental to the Scientific Revolution: the naturalist Maria Sibylla Merian; Margaret Cavendish, author of scientific books; physicist ?milie du Ch?telet; Maria Agnesi, a professor of mathematics and...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1508174784
• ISBN13: 9781508174783
• Release Date: July 2017
• Publisher: Rosen Publishing Group
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 13 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 8 to 12