GH WOMEN IN THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION:THE ENLIGHTMENT

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    Sophia Brahe

    Sophia Brahe
    Sophia Brahe was a Danish horticulturalist who studied the fields of astronomy, chemistry and medicine. She is best known for working with her brother, Tycho, in finding a supernova and lunar eclipse. Her work helped to allow for a better determination of the planets' orbit around the sun.

  • Maria Cunitz

    Maria Cunitz
    Maria Cunitz was a German astronomer who provided much insight into the field of Astronomy. She is best known for writing the book Urania Propitia, which gave a better and more advanced solution to Kepler's Problem, which would more easily determine the position of planets in their paths around the sun.

  • Margaret Cavendish

    Margaret Cavendish
    Margaret Cavendish was a British natural philosopher who helped to make some of the major ideas of the Scientific Revolution Cavendish published two books on areas she felt were lacking in terms of discoveries and also advocated for a larger female presence in science as well as better education for girls.

  • Maria Sibylla Merian

    Maria Sibylla Merian
    Maria Sibylla Merian was a German botanist and zoologist who created an illustrated book of specimens of European insects, moths, and butterflies. In 1672, Merian traveled to Suriname (Dutch South Africa) with only a female companion and collected specimens there which she later published into her noteworthy Dissertation in Insect Generations and Metamorphosis in Surinam

  • Maria Winkelmann

    Maria Winkelmann
    Maria Winkelmann was a German astronomer who worked with her husband, Gottfried Kirch developing astronomical calendars. Since female scientists were not respected at the time, Winkelmann acted as his assistant even though she was actually his co-worker. In 1702, Winkelmann became the first woman to discover a comet.

  • Gabrielle Emilie Du Chatelet

    Gabrielle Emilie Du Chatelet
    Despite most likely being almost entirely self educated, her 1740 writing known as the "Foundations of Physics" gained her significant notoriety and she became an accepted member of the "Republic of Letters".
    She would later be known for being an acclaimed director at the "Academy of Sciences" by finding a more proper formula for Kinetic Energy