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Women in chemistry : their changing roles from alchemical times to the mid-twentieth century / Marelene Rayner-Canham, Geoffrey Rayner-Canham.

Rayner-Canham, Marelene F. (Author). Rayner-Canham, Geoffrey. (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 0941901270 (alk. paper)
Physical Description: xiv, 284 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Philadelphia, PA, USA : Chemical Heritage Foundation, c2001.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-253) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

From the earliest times to the scientific revolution -- The chemist-assistants of the French salons -- Independent researchers of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries -- The first generation of professional women chemists -- Women in crystallography -- Women in radioactivity -- Women in biochemistry -- Women in industrial chemistry -- Women in analytical chemistry, chemical education, and the history of chemistry.