The Net Advance of Physics History and Philosophy: Caroline Herschel

• Mac Tutor C. Herschel (good external links) [the Woman Astronomer] Caroline Lucretia Herschel (good print bibliography) [Cometography.com]
• Caroline Herschel, by Melissa Nysewander Biographies of Women Mathematicians [Agnes Scott College]
• Caroline Herschel Telescopes from the Ground Up [Amazing Space]
• Caroline Herschel: Singer/Astronomer, by John Beaver Women in Astronomy [Lake Afton Observatory]
• Wikipedia
• Two Good Women, or Too Good to be True?, by Paula Gould, 2002/06 (critical of both Herschel and Mary Somerville for failing to conform to feminist theory) Science [AAAS]
• Caroline Herschel (in German) [FemBio]
• Caroline Herschel (aimed at children) [NASA]
• Caroline Herschel (aimed at children) [University Corporation for Atmospheric Research]
• "Planetarium," by Adrienne Rich, 1968 [Poemhunter.com]

See also Astronomy and Mary Somerville at The Net Advance of Physics

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