Daughters of alchemy : women and scientific culture in early modern Italy /

Many women were at the vanguard in the era of the scientific revolution, deeply invested in empirical culture, yet their names are largely unknown. Ray's study begins with Caterina Sforza's alchemical recipes; examines the sixteenth-century vogue for "books of secrets"; and looks...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ray, Meredith K., 1969- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2015.
Colección:I Tatti studies in Italian Renaissance history.
Temas:
Women in science > Italy > History.
Women scientists > Italy > Biography.
Science > Italy > History.
Alchemy.
Women > history
Science > history
Alchemy
History, Early Modern 1451-1600
Femmes dans les sciences > Italie > Histoire.
Sciences > Italie > Histoire.
Alchimie.
alchemy.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Science & Technology.
SCIENCE > History.
HISTORY > Renaissance.
Science
Women in science
Women scientists
Frau
Wissenschaft
Alkemi > lärda kvinnor > Italien > 1500-talet > 1600-talet > biografi.
Filosofi > vetenskap > historia.
Alchemy > women scholars > Italy > 16th century > 17th century > biography.
Philosophy > science > History.
Kvinnliga vetenskapsmän > historia.
Naturvetenskap > historia.
Italy
Italien
Biography
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Caterina Sforza's experiments with alchemy
  • The secrets of Isabella Cortese : practical alchemy and women readers
  • Scientific culture and the Renaissance querelle des femmes : moderata fonte and Lucrezia Marinella
  • Scientific circles in Italy and abroad : Camilla Erculiani and Margherita Sarrochi
  • Epilogue.

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