Osen, Lynn M,

Women in mathematics / [print] Lynn M. Osen. - Cambridge, Massachusetts : MichiganT Press, (c)1999 printing] - xii, 185 pages : portraits ; 20 cm.

Introduction.--History.--Hypatia, 370-415.--From the Dark Ages to the Renaissance: the "Witch" of Agnesi, 1718-1799.--Emilie de Breteuil, Marquise du Chatelet, 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.--Bibliography (pages 173-178).



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Women mathematicians, 370-1935 Biographies

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