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Dr Susannah Gibson is an Affiliated Scholar of the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge. She holds a Ph.D. from Cambridge on the history of the life sciences of the eighteenth century, a master's degree in the history of nineteenth-century science, and a bachelor's degree in experimental physics. She is the author of two books: Animal, Vegetable, Mineral? and The Spirit of Inquiry.
Brilliant, earnest, quietly unconventional, the Bluestockings are the unsung pioneers of early British feminism. Their networks empowered women, while their salons stressing conversation and civility opposed the misogynous boozy male culture of the 18th century. Blending story, history and delicious anecdote, Susannah Gibson's book opens a sparkling window onto this extraordinary society of engaged, energetic and very witty women -- Janet Todd, author of JANE AUSTEN AND SHELLEY IN THE GARDEN A vivid, deeply researched intellectual history * Kirkus * Gibson has thoroughly filleted the archives and she tells a richly fascinating history . . . informative and entertaining * Times Literary Supplement * I loved this book . . . an impressive addition to the history of the development of the science -- Brian Clegg * Popular Science * Praise for The Spirit of Inquiry * : *
