Hypatia's Heritage : A History of Women in Science from Antiquity to the Late Nineteenth Century

Hypatia's Heritage : A History of Women in Science from Antiquity to the Late Nineteenth Century by Margaret Alic. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780704339545.

This work reaffirms womens substantial contributions to scientific knowledge throughout the ages, revisiting names such as Hypatia of Alexandra, astrologer and philosopher Hildegaard of Bingen, Lady Mary Montegu - who developed inoculation against smallpox, the chemist Marie Levoissier, Caroline Hershel - a renowned astrologer, Ada Lovelace - whose work contributed to the beginnings of computer science, Mary Somerville "the queen of 19th-century science" and, of course, Marie Curie. In doing so she both reinforces womens contributions to history and outlines the precedents for women making great strides in contemporary science.