{"product_id":"minervas-french-sisters-nina-rattner-gelbart-9780300252569","title":"Minerva's French Sisters: Women of Science in Enlightenment France","description":"\u003cb\u003eA fascinating collective biography of six female scientists in eighteenth-century France, whose stories were largely written out of history\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Of the 72 scientific names engraved on the Eiffel Tower, none is female. Omissions include the six Enlightenment women dubbed 'Minerva's sisters' by historian Nina Gelbart in her pioneering, evocative rescue.\"--\u003ci\u003eNature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This book presents the stories of six intrepid Frenchwomen of science in the Enlightenment whose accomplishments--though celebrated in their lifetimes--have been generally omitted from subsequent studies of their period: mathematician and philosopher Elisabeth Ferrand, astronomer Nicole Reine Lepaute, field naturalist Jeanne Barret, garden botanist and illustrator Madeleine Françoise Basseporte, anatomist and inventor Marie-Marguerite Biheron, and chemist Geneviève d'Arconville. By adjusting our lens, we can find them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In a society where science was not yet an established profession for men, much less women, these six audacious and inspiring figures made their mark on their respective fields of science and on Enlightenment society, as they defied gender expectations and conventional norms. Their boldness and contributions to science were appreciated by such luminaries as Franklin, the philosophes, and many European monarchs. The book is written in an unorthodox style to match the women's breaking of boundaries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nina Rattner Gelbart\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300252560\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300252569\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/11\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.30w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2022","brand":"Nina Rattner Gelbart","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44046197948671,"sku":"9780300252569","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_26c2afb5-25b3-4e9f-8e45-4a141042c015.jpg?v=1777233862","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/minervas-french-sisters-nina-rattner-gelbart-9780300252569","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}