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RECORD NUMBER: 12 OF 12| Main Title | Women in mathematics / | |||||||||||
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| Author | Osen, Lynn M., | |||||||||||
| Publisher | MIT Press, | |||||||||||
| Year Published | 1974 | |||||||||||
| Report Number | 73019506 | |||||||||||
| OCLC Number | 00745936 | |||||||||||
| ISBN | 026215014X; 9780262150149; 0262650096; 9780262650090 | |||||||||||
| Subjects | Women mathematicians--Biography ; Frau ; Vrouwen ; Wiskundigen ; Mathématiciennes--370-1935--Biographie ; Mathematik ; Frau--(DE-588)4018202-2 ; Mathematik--(DE-588)4037944-9 ; Mathematiciennes--Biographies | |||||||||||
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| Collation | xii, 185 pages : portraits ; 21 cm | |||||||||||
| Notes | Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-178). |
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| Contents Notes | Introduction -- History -- Hypatia, 370-415 -- From the Dark Ages to the Renaissance: the "Witch" of Agnesi, 1718-1799 -- Emilie de Breteuil, Marquise du Chãatelet, 1706-1749 -- Caroline Herschel, 1750-1848 -- Sophie Germain, 1776-1831 -- Mary Fairfax Somerville, 1780-1872 -- Sonya Corvin-Krukovsky Kovalevsky, 1850-1891 -- Emmy (Amalie) Noether, 1882-1935 -- The golden age of mathematics -- The feminine mathtique. Examines the lives and scholarly endeavors of women who have profoundly affected mathematical thought since antiquity. |