Natural eloquence : women reinscribe science / edited by Barbara T. Gates and Ann B. Shteir.
| Other author | Gates, Barbara T., 1936- |
| Other author | Shteir, Ann B., 1941- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, ©1997. |
| Description | xiii, 280 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Science and literature Science and literature. ^A254282 |
| Contents | Introduction: Charting the tradition / Barbara T. Gates and Ann B. Shteir -- The invisible woman / Stephen Jay Gould -- Fictionality, demonstration, and a forum for popular science: Jane Marcet's Conversations on chemistry / Greg Myers -- Constructing Victorian heavens: Agnes Clerke and the "new astronomy" / Bernard Lightman -- Science in Canada's backwoods: Catharine Parr Traill / Marianne Gosztonyi Ainley -- The "very poetry of frogs": Louisa Anne Meredith in Australia / Judith Johnston -- "Through books to nature": Anna Botsford Comstock and the Nature Study Movement / Pamela M. Henson -- Revising the descent of woman: Eliza Burt Gamble / Rosemary Jann -- Revisioning Darwin with sympathy: Arabella Buckley / Barbara T. Gates -- Conflicting scientific feminisms: Charlotte Haldane and Naomi Mitchison / Susan Squier -- Rachel Carson and her legacy / Rebecca Raglon -- The Spectacle of science and self: Mary Kingsley / Julie English Early -- "Ape ladies" and cultural politics: Dian Fossey and Birute Galdikas / James Krasner -- Interview with Diane Ackerman, 18 July 1994 / Barbara T. Gates and Ann B. Shteir. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 96043668 |
| ISBN | 0299154807 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 029915484X (pbk.) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | Q130 .S39 1997 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |