A brief history of science writing shows the rise of the female voice
- Written by Robyn Arianrhod, Adjunct Associate , School of Mathematical Sciences, Monash University
Women played a role as both readers and authors in the history of science writing.Shutterstock/Africa Studio
Three centuries ago, when modern science was in its infancy, the gender disparity in education was not a gap but an abyss: few girls had any decent schooling at all.
The emerging new science was clearly a male enterprise.
But it arose from a...
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