Revealing New Worlds

This book will be of interest to a wide variety of readers - ranging from students and scholars to professionals and 'lay' readers, those studying life sciences and medicine, history o science, women in science and women's history.

There has been a growth of interest in interdisciplinary studies of the Victorian era, and particularly in issues of gender in the period. This book is a valuable contribution to the critically nuanced and historically important discussions emerging about science and gender in this period.