Laura Conti

The contribution of women in the various fields of scientific and humanistic studies occupies an important part of public discourse through conferences, meetings and publications.The book should be placed in the context of this debate First.Ten scientists for the environment, published by Codice and edited by Mirella Orsi and Sergio Ferraris.Orsi is a chemist and expert in scientific dissemination, while Ferraris is a journalist specializing in science and technology.Enriched by a preface by Maurizio Melis, this overview of the main scientific discoveries made by women spans the entire modern and contemporary era. The story of the ten scientists is entrusted to as many narrators with a scientific background, an absolutely equal number between women and men.This is a selection, as the editors underline in the preface, as the list of female scientists who have contributed to the development of human knowledge in the scientific field is naturally much longer.The selection followed a c...