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- 2009
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- digitaal
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- wetenschappelijke beroepen, historisch, Europa, 4e eeuw, 11e eeuw, 12e eeuw, 17e eeuw, 18e eeuw, 19e eeuw, 20e eeuw
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- With this book the authors would like to celebrate European women scientists throughout the ages. The book tells the compelling stories of some of the heroines of European science – some sung but many unsung – and, through .their narratives, it enriches and completes the history of scientific knowledge by highlighting its female face. With portraits of Hypatia of Alexandria (370-415) The last classical philosopher, Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179) A medieval visionary, Lady Margaret Cavendish (1623-1673) The scientific revolutionary, Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Piscopia (1646-1684) The prodigy of Venice, Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717) Scientific butterfly, Maria Margarethe Winkelmann-Kirch (1670-1720) The eclipse of a star astronomer, Émilie du Châtelet (1706-1749) Illuminator of the Enlightenment, Laura Maria Caterina Bassi (1711-1778) Leading the way for female academics, Maria Gaetana Agnesi (1718-1799) The reluctant mathematician, Caroline Herschel (1750-1848) Shining star of astronomy, Sophie Germain (1776-1831) A revolutionary mathematician, Mary Somerville (1780-1872) Scotland’s scientific superstar, Jeanne Villepreux-Power (1794-1871) The life aquatic, Ada Lovelace (Lady Byron) (1815-1852) The mother of all computer nerds, Eleanor Ormerod (1828-1901) Beetles, bugs and those bothersome house sparrows, Clémence Augustine Royer (1830-1902) The hermit of Paz-Perez, Agnes Mary Clerke (1842-1907) A universal historian, Elizaveta Federovna Litvinova (1845-1919) Defying a dreadful decree, Iulia Lermontova (1847-1919) Burning desire for black gold, Sofia Kovalevskaya (1850-1891) The right equation, Hertha Marks Ayrton (1854-1923) The Earth goddess and the electric arc, Marie Curie-Sklodowska (1867-1934) The Atomic Age begins, Kristine Bonnevie (1872-1949) A fingerprint on the history of science, Tatyana Ehrenfest-Afanassyeva (1876-1964) The science of collaboration, Lise Meitner (1878-1968) At the core of the nuclear family, Gertrud Jan Woker (1878-1968) Make science, not war, Ellen Gleditsch (1879-1968) The gifted crystallographer, Emmy Noether (1882-1935) Finding the essentials, Johanna Westerdijk (1883-1961) Climbing the tree of knowledge, Agnes Sjöberg (1888-1964) Harnessing pet passions, Paula Hertwig (1889-1983) A radiant intellect, Gerty Radnitz Cori (1896-1957) A high-carb scientific diet, Irène Joliot-Curie (1897-1956) All the elements for success, Elizaveta Karamihailova (1897-1968) A fusion of talents, Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (1900-1979) A friend to the stars, Elise Käer-Kingisepp (1901-1989) Mud, sport and Estonian feminism, Rózsa Péter (1905-1977) To infinity and beyond, Marie Goeppert-Mayer (1906-1972) Nobel volunteer, Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin (1910-1994) Deciphering atomic hieroglyphs, Rosalind Franklin (1920-1958) Decoding the blueprint of life.
the making of a Cambridge economist
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- Aslanbeigui, Nahid
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- Oakes, Guy
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- 2009
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- GR BR 5 2009
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- economie, economische theorieën, wetenschappelijke beroepen, historisch, biografische gegevens, Verenigd Koninkrijk, 1930-1939, 20e eeuw
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- In this publication the authors trace the strategies and tactics the economist Joan Robinson (1903-1983) used to create her professional identity as a Cambridge economist in the 1930s, examining how she recruited mentors and advocates, carefully defined her objectives, and deftly pursued and exploited opportunities. A story about a remarkable woman, the intellectual and social world of a legendary group of economists, and the interplay between ideas, ambitions, and disciplinary communities. Based on the extensive correspondence of Robinson and her colleagues.
scholar, athlete, feminist pioneer
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- Cochran, Robert
- Publish Year
- 2009
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- VS 9 POU 2009
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- wetenschappelijke beroepen, atletiek, sportdeelname, musici, feminisme, Verenigde Staten, 19e eeuw, 20e eeuw, biografie
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- Louise Pound (1872–1958) was a literary scholar, athlete, musician, and a women’s sports advocate. She is remembered for her work in the field of linguistics and folklore and for her role as the first woman president of the Modern Language Association. A member of a distinguished Nebraska family Louise completed her undergraduate education at the University of Nebraska. When American universities wouldn’t admit her for graduate study, she went on to obtain a PhD in Heidelberg, Germany. She returned to the University of Nebraska–Lincoln to teach in the English department for the next forty-five years. As a scholar Louise crusaded for the serious study of American English and founded the field’s leading journal, demolished a powerfully defended approach to the study of American folk song, and fought tirelessly to open athletic and professional opportunities for women. She was, in short, what one admirer called a “universal wonder.” She befriended and played an influential role in the life of the young Willa Cather during Cather’s years at the University of Nebraska.
pioneering feminist, pacifist sociologist
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- McGonigal, Kathryn
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- Galliher, John F.
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- 2009
- Shelfmark
- VS 9 ELL 2009 - B
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- wetenschappelijke beroepen, sociologie, feminisme, vredesbeweging, pioniers, Verenigde Staten, 20e eeuw, biografie
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- A history of the life and career of Mabel Agnes Elliott (1898-1990), American sociologist. In addition to her career as a sociologist, she was a feminist and a pacifist. Among her many achievements, she was the first woman to be elected President of the Society for the Study of Social Problems in 1957.
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