Selected Correspondence of William Huggins Vol 2
Selected Correspondence of William Huggins Vol 2

Author: Barbara J Becker

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2024-10-28

Total Pages: 702

ISBN-13: 1040236146

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William Huggins (1824–1910) was celebrated in his lifetime as the father of astrophysics. The letters and observatory notebooks contained in this edition allow Huggins’ important role in the development of astrophysics to fully emerge. Material comes from archives around the world and is previously unpublished.

Uneasy Careers and Intimate Lives
Uneasy Careers and Intimate Lives

Author: Pnina G. Abir-Am

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 388

ISBN-13: 9780813512563

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These pioneering studies of women in science pay special attention to the mutual impact of family life and scientific career. The contributors address five key themes: historical changes in such concepts as scientific career, profession, patronage, and family; differences in "gender image" associated with various branches of science; consequences of national differences and emigration; opportunities for scientific work opened or closed by marriage; and levels of women's awareness about the role of gender in science. An international group of historians of science discuss a wide range of European and American women scientists--from early nineteenth-century English botanists to Marie Curie to the twentieth-century theoretical biologist, Dorothy Wrinch.