Daughters of alchemy : women and scientific culture in early modern Italy /

Many women were at the vanguard in the era of the scientific revolution, deeply invested in empirical culture, yet their names are largely unknown. Ray's study begins with Caterina Sforza's alchemical recipes; examines the sixteenth-century vogue for "books of secrets"; and looks...

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Main Author:	Ray, Meredith K., 1969- (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author:	Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2015 Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : 2015
Series:	I Tatti studies in Italian Renaissance history
Subjects:	Cortese, Isabella Erculiani, Camilla Fonte, Moderata Marinella, Lucrezia, > ca 1571-1653 Sarrocchi, Margherita Sforza, Caterina, > 1463-1509 Börngen Science > Italy > History Women in science > Italy > History Women scientists > Italy > Biography Frau Wissenschaft Alchemy > women scholars > Italy > 16th century > 17th century > biography Alkemi > lärda kvinnor > Italien > 1500-talet > 1600-talet > biografi Filosofi > vetenskap > historia History Kvinnliga vetenskapsmän > historia Naturvetenskap > historia Philosophy > science > history Science Women in science Women scientists Science > history > Italy Science > history Women > history > Italy Women > history Alchemy > Italy Alchemy History, Early Modern 1451-1600 > Italy History, Early Modern 1451-1600 Italy Italien Biographies Biography

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