Women Who Popularized Geology in the 19th Century e-bog

The female authors highlighted in this monograph represent a special breed of science writer, women who not only synthesized the science of their day (often drawing upon their own direct experience in the laboratory, field, classroom, and/or public lecture hall), but used their works to simultaneously educate, entertain, and, in many cases, evangelize. Women played a central role in the popularization of science in the 19th century, as penning such works (written for an audience of other women and children) was considered proper "e;women's work."e; Many of these writers excelled in a particular literary technique known as the "e;familiar format,"e; in which science is described in the form of a conversation between characters, especially women and children. However, the biological sciences were considered more "e;feminine"e; than the natural sciences (such as astronomy and physics), hence the number of geological "e;conversations"e; was limited. This, in turn, makes the few that were completed all the more crucial to analyze.