Osen, Lynn M.

Women in mathematics [by] Lynn M. Osen. - Cambridge, Mass., MIT Press [1974] - xii, 185 p. ports. 21 cm.

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

ISBN: 026215014X

LCCN: 73019506

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Women mathematicians--Biography.

LC Class. No.: QA28 / .O83 1974

Dewey Class. No.: 510/.92/2 B