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Daughters of alchemy : women and scientific culture in early modern Italy / Meredith K. Ray.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Shakespeare Library (Van Pelt 628) Q130 .R37 2015
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LIBRA Q130 .R37 2015
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ray, Meredith K., 1969-
- Series:
- I Tatti studies in Italian Renaissance history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women in science--Italy--History.
- Women in science.
- Women scientists--Italy--Biography.
- Women scientists.
- Science--Italy--History.
- Science.
- History.
- Italy.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 291 pages ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2015.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-280) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780674504233
- 0674504232
- OCLC:
- 890377712
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