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Osen, Lynn M.

Women in mathematics / Lynn M. Osen. - Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, �1974. - 1 online resource (xii, 185 pages) : portraits

Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-178) and index.

Introduction -- History -- Hypatia, 370-415 -- From the Dark Ages to the Renaissance: the "Witch" of Agnesi, 1718-1799 -- Emilie de Breteuil, Marquise du Ch�atelet, 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.

ISBN: 0585308055 9780585308050

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Nat. Bib. No.: GB77-19336

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Women mathematicians--Biography.
MATHEMATICS--History & Philosophy.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Science & Technology.
Women mathematicians.
Women mathematicians.

Subjects--Index Terms: Women mathematicians, 370-1935 Biographies

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Biography.

LC Class. No.: QA28 / .O83 1974eb

Dewey Class. No.: 510/.92/2 B