Clemence Royer was a 19th-century Frenchwoman probably best known for producing the first French translation of Charles Darwin. However, her efforts went much further, encompassing anthropology, physics, philosophy, cosmology, and chemistry. In this full-scale biography, Harvey, a science historian and former associate editor of Cambridge University's Darwin Correspondence Project, traces Royer's remarkable life.
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Clemence Royer was a 19th-century Frenchwoman probably best known for producing the first French translation of Charles Darwin. However, her efforts went much further, encompassing anthropology, physics, philosophy, cosmology, and chemistry. In this full-scale biography, Harvey, a science historian and former associate editor of Cambridge University's Darwin Correspondence Project, traces Royer's remarkable life.
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8pp photoplates. Minor rubbing. VG. 24x15cm, xv, 274, (8) pp, Contents: Lives of Women in Science. Contents: A Fire of the Mind: Family, Childhood & Youth of Clémence Royer; The Question of Abuse & A Mission to Fulfill; Mind & Love Awaken: Royer in Switzerland; "True Science": Translating Darwin, Seeking a New Life; Motherhood, Social Theory & Social Realities; "A Little Scientific Church": Royer Returns to Paris; "Woman Is Not Made Like This"; Years of Trial: A Search for Universal Laws; "I See Young & Old Coming Towards Me": The Final Years; Afterword. Clémence Royer & Her Biographers. Afterword: Clé mence Royer on Women, Society & the Birthrate.
