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“londa schiebinger”

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  • Secret Cures of Slaves

    People, Plants, and Medicine in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World

    by Londa Schiebinger ...
    In the natural course of events, humans fall sick and die. The history of medicine bristles with attempts to find new and miraculous remedies, to work with and against nature to restore humans to health and well-being. In this book, Londa Schiebinger examines medicine and human experimentation in the Atlantic World, exploring the circulation of people, disease, plants, and knowledge between Europe ... Read more

    $18.79 USD

  • The Mind Has No Sex?

    Women in the Origins of Modern Science

    by Londa Schiebinger ...
    As part of his attempt to secure a place for women in scientific culture, the Cartesian François Poullain de la Barre asserted as long ago as 1673 that “the mind has no sex.” In this rich and comprehensive history of women’s contributions to the development of early modern science, Londa Schiebinger examines the shifting fortunes of male and female equality in the sphere of the intellect. ... Read more

    $46.79 USD

  • Has Feminism Changed Science?

    by Londa Schiebinger ...
    Do women do science differently? And how about feminists--male or female? The answer to this fraught question, carefully set out in this provocative book, will startle and enlighten every faction in the "science wars."Has Feminism Changed Science? is at once a history of women in science and a frank assessment of the role of gender in shaping scientific knowledge. Science is both a profession and ... Read more

    $27.89 USD

  • Ignorance Unmasked

    Essays in the New Science of Agnotology

    Edited by Robert N. Proctor, Londa Schiebinger ...
    We live in an age of ignorance. This book offers a guide to how we got here—and how we might escape.From obfuscations of climate science to the myriad deceptions inhering in language, Ignorance Unmasked explores how agnotology—the study of ignorance—can help us better grasp: Why don't we know what we don't know? What are the obstacles to knowledge, and how might those be overcome?Ignorance has ... Read more

    $21.39 USD

  • Colonial Botany

    Science, Commerce, and Politics in the Early Modern World

    Edited by Londa Schiebinger, Claudia Swan ...
    In the early modern world, botany was big science and big business, critical to Europe's national and trade ambitions. Tracing the dynamic relationships among plants, peoples, states, and economies over the course of three centuries, this collection of essays offers a lively challenge to a historiography that has emphasized the rise of modern botany as a story of taxonomies and "pure" systems of ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • Colonial Botany

    Science, Commerce, and Politics in the Early Modern World

    Edited by Londa Schiebinger, Claudia Swan ...
    In the early modern world, botany was big science and big business, critical to Europe's national and trade ambitions. Tracing the dynamic relationships among plants, peoples, states, and economies over the course of three centuries, this collection of essays offers a lively challenge to a historiography that has emphasized the rise of modern botany as a story of taxonomies and "pure" systems of ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

  • Plants and Empire

    Colonial Bioprospecting in the Atlantic World

    by Londa Schiebinger ...
    Plants seldom figure in the grand narratives of war, peace, or even everyday life yet they are often at the center of high intrigue. In the eighteenth century, epic scientific voyages were sponsored by European imperial powers to explore the natural riches of the New World, and uncover the botanical secrets of its people. Bioprospectors brought back medicines, luxuries, and staples for their king ... Read more

    $39.59 USD