Daughters of alchemy : women and scientific culture in early modern Italy / Meredith K. Ray.

Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2015.

291 pages ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-280) and index.

Caterina Sforza's experiments with alchemy -- The secrets of Isabella Cortese : practical alchemy and women readers -- Scientific culture and the Renaissance querelle des femmes : moderata fonte and Lucrezia Marinella -- Scientific circles in Italy and abroad : Camilla Erculiani and Margherita Sarrochi -- Epilogue.