Women in European academies : from patronae scientiarum to path-breakers /

The volume examines the lives and achievements of women who played determining roles in the history of European academies and in the development of modern science in Europe. These persevering personalities either had a key influence in the establishment of academies ("Patronae Scientiarum"...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Frevert, Ute (Editor ), Osterkamp, Ernst (Editor ), Stock, Günter (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Akademie Forschung, [2021]
Colección:Discourses on intellectual Europe ; 3.
Temas:
Women in science > Europe > History.
Academies of Science.
Akademien der Wissenschaften.
Europa.
Europe.
Modern Science.
Moderne Wissenschaft.
Wissenschaftlerinnen.
Women Scientists.
Femmes dans les sciences > Europe > Histoire.
HISTORY / Social History.
Women in science
Europe
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface by Series Editor Antonio Loprieno
  • Vorwort / Foreword
  • Sophie Charlotte (1668-1705): Die Frau, die das Warum des Warum wissen wollte / Sophia Charlotte (1668-1705): The Woman Who Wanted to Know the Why of Why
  • Patrona Scientiarum? Maria Theresia als Gründerin der Brüsseler Akademie (1717-1780) / Patrona Scientiarum? Maria Theresa as Founder of the Academy in Brussels (1717-1780)
  • Lovisa Ulrikas (1720-1782) akademi: Sveriges första vittra kungliga akademi / Lovisa Ulrika's (1720-1782) academy: Sweden's first learned society
  • Katharina die Große als Patronin von Bildung und Wissenschaften im Russischen Imperium (1729-1796) / Catherine the Great as patron of education and sciences in the Russian Empire (1729-1796)
  • Ersilia Caetani Lovatelli (1840-1925): La prima donna eletta nell'Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei / Ersilia Caetani Lovatelli (1840-1925): The first woman elected to the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
  • Beatrice Webb (1858-1943): "A career of disinterested research"
  • Maria Skłodowska Curie (1867-1934), kobieta uczona / Maria Skłodowska-Curie (1867-1934), two-time Nobel laureate
  • Lise Meitner (1878-1968): Pionierin der Atomphysik / Lise Meitner (1878-1968): Pioneer in Nuclear Physics
  • La primera acadèmica catalana: Caterina Albert (1869-1966) / The first female academy fellow in Catalonia: Caterina Albert (1869- 1966)
  • Johanna Westerdijk, an extraordinary professor and pioneer in plant pathology (1883-1961)
  • Cosán corrach Eleanor Knott MRIA (1886-1975) / Eleanor Knott MRIA (1886-1975): "And there were other barriers"
  • Professori Ella Kivikoski (1901-1990): suomalainen tiedenainen arkeologiassa / Professor Ella Kivikoski (1901-1990): A Finnish female scientist in archaeology
  • Dorothy Hodgkin (1910-1994): Crystallographer, Chemist, and Role Model
  • The Editors / The Authors

Ejemplares similares