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BL
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632002
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Ray, Meredith K.,1969-
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| Title & Author
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Daughters of alchemy : : women and scientific culture in early modern Italy /\ Meredith K. Ray
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| Series Statement
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I Tatti studies in Italian Renaissance history
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291 pages ;; 25 cm
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| ISBN
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9780674504233
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: 0674504232
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-280) and index
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| Contents
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Caterina Sforza's experiments with alchemy -- The secrets of Isabella Cortese : practical alchemy and women readers -- Scientific culture and the Renaissance querelle des femmes : moderata fonte and Lucrezia Marinella -- Scientific circles in Italy and abroad : Camilla Erculiani and Margherita Sarrochi -- Epilogue
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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 at narratives of science in works by Moderata Fonte and Lucrezia Marinella. It concludes with Camilla Erculiani's letters on natural philosophy and, finally, Margherita Sarrocchi's defense of Galileo's "Medicean" stars. Her book rethinks early modern science, properly reintroducing the integral and essential work of women
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Women in science-- Italy-- History
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Women scientists-- Italy, Biography
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Science-- Italy-- History
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Science-- history-- Italy
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Women-- history-- Italy
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Alchemy-- Italy
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History, Early Modern 1451-1600-- Italy
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| Dewey Classification
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509.2/5220945
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Q130.R37 2015
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2015 E-739
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WZ 80.5.W5
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