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Mischievous Creatures
- The Forgotten Sisters Who Transformed Early American Science
Engelsk Hardback
Mischievous Creatures
- The Forgotten Sisters Who Transformed Early American Science
Engelsk Hardback

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The untold story of two sisters whose discoveries sped the growth of American science in the nineteenth century, combining "meticulous research and sensitive storytelling" (Janice P. Nimura, New York Times-bestselling author of The Doctors Blackwell)

In Mischievous Creatures, historian Catherine McNeur uncovers the lives and work of Margaretta Hare Morris and Elizabeth Carrington Morris, sisters and scientists in early America. Margaretta, an entomologist, was famous among her peers and the public for her research on seventeen-year cicadas and other troublesome insects. Elizabeth, a botanist, was a prolific illustrator and a trusted supplier of specimens to the country’s leading experts. Together, their discoveries helped fuel the growth and professionalization of science in antebellum America. But these very developments confined women in science to underpaid and underappreciated roles for generations to follow, erasing the Morris sisters’ contributions along the way.

Mischievous Creatures is an indelible portrait of two unsung pioneers, one that places women firmly at the center of the birth of American science.
Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
432
ISBN-13:
9781541674172
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1541674170
Udg. Dato:
9 nov 2023
Længde:
37mm
Bredde:
242mm
Højde:
161mm
Forlag:
Basic Books
Oplagsdato:
9 nov 2023
Forfatter(e):
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