(Izdošanas datums: 28-Apr-2023, PDF+DRM, Izdevniecība: University of California Press, ISBN-13: 9780520924109)
This unorthodox biography explores the life of an extraordinary Enlightenment woman who, by sheer force of character, parlayed a skill in midwifery into a national institution. In 1759, in an effort to end infant mortality, Louis XV commissioned Mada...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 28-Apr-2023, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: University of California Press, ISBN-13: 9780520924109)
This unorthodox biography explores the life of an extraordinary Enlightenment woman who, by sheer force of character, parlayed a skill in midwifery into a national institution. In 1759, in an effort to end infant mortality, Louis XV commissioned Mada...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 11-May-2021, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: Yale University Press, ISBN-13: 9780300258431)
A fascinating collective biography of six female scientists in eighteenth-century France, whose stories were largely written out of history This book presents the stories of six intrepid Frenchwomen of science in the Enlightenment whose accomplishmen...Lasīt vairāk
Bernard de Fontenelle, H.A. Hargreaves, Nina Rattner Gelbart
(Izdošanas datums: 22-Jun-1990, PDF+DRM, Izdevniecība: University of California Press, ISBN-13: 9780520910584)
Surveying the night sky, a charming philosopher and his hostess, the Marquise, are considering thep ossibility of travelers from the moon. "e;What if they were skillful enough to navigate on the outer surface of our air, and from there, through t...Lasīt vairāk
