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The ABC’s of ScienceGermain. Sophie’s Choice

The ABC’s of Science: Germain. Sophie’s Choice [The history of science is full of episodes of discrimination against women: one of the most striking episodes remains that of Lise Meiter, the subject of one of our future chapters. Sometimes, it was the malice of words that took over, as in the case of the mathematician Maria Gaetana Agnesi, who lived in the second half of the eighteenth century and was known for an algebraic curve called “the witch of Agnesi”: this name came from strange alliterations of the original name, but it says a lot about the connotative power of words and what they can insinuate. But now, we will look at the story of woman who found her own unique way to make her voice heard by the mathematical minds of her day.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

The ABC’s of ScienceGermain. Sophie’s Choice

Mussardo, Giuseppe
Springer Journals — Nov 6, 2020
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Springer International Publishing
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© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
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978-3-030-55168-1
Pages
59 –67
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10.1007/978-3-030-55169-8_7
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[The history of science is full of episodes of discrimination against women: one of the most striking episodes remains that of Lise Meiter, the subject of one of our future chapters. Sometimes, it was the malice of words that took over, as in the case of the mathematician Maria Gaetana Agnesi, who lived in the second half of the eighteenth century and was known for an algebraic curve called “the witch of Agnesi”: this name came from strange alliterations of the original name, but it says a lot about the connotative power of words and what they can insinuate. But now, we will look at the story of woman who found her own unique way to make her voice heard by the mathematical minds of her day.]

Published: Nov 6, 2020

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