Minerva's French Sisters: Women of Science in Enlightenment France

A fascinating collective biography of six female scientists in eighteenth-century France, whose stories were largely written out of history

“Of the 72 scientific names engraved on the Eiffel Tower, none is female. Omissions include the six Enlightenment women dubbed ‘Minerva’s sisters’ by historian Nina Gelbart in her pioneering, evocative rescue.”—Nature

This book presents the stories of six intrepid Frenchwomen of science in the Enlightenment whose accomplishments—though celebrated in th...