Philosophy
Historically, women haven't always had access to formal education because we men are dicks, and we've rationalized our repression of women with the wildest and most inexcusable of excuses. But in those rare cases when individual women have had the fortune of receiving an education, they've certainly known how to leave their mark.
I don't know who my favorite female intellectual is (probably Émilie du Châtelet), but one who ranks in the top 10 would have to be Ada Lovelace (daughter of Lord Byron), and that's because the woman and her vision are simply remarkable.
For instance, she wrote the very first computer program... two hundred years before there were computers :)
Anyway, if you're interested in her personal life, you can listen to the lovely Stuff You Missed in History Class ladies:
If you want to get more into the programming and Babbage's analytical engine, perhaps the guys at Tech Stuff are more to your liking:
And for the more scholarly treatment, check out In Our Time, with Melvin Bragg.
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- Distributive Justice, Gendered Restrooms, And Experiemental Philosophy
Michael Moore had a short-lived television program call TV Nation. One of the bits he did was to address a social injustice. When someone has to visit the restroom at a movie theater, sex matters. Guys can go in, come right out, and miss virtually none...
- Breaking The Code - The Biography Of Alan Turing
Computers don't grow on trees, and even though they are ubiquitous today, that wasn't always the case. In fact, they've only been around for less than a hundred years, and although there are certain folks to whom we owe a huge debt of gratitude...
- An Early Computer?--charles Babbage's "punch Cards"
"It Started Digital Wheels Turning" by John Markoff November 7th, 2011 The New York Times Researchers in Britain are about to embark on a 10-year, multimillion-dollar project to build a computer — but their goal is neither dazzling analytical power...
- Gabrielle-Émilie Le Tonnelier De Breteuil, Marquise Du Châtelet...voltaire-newton-leibniz
Émilie du Châtelet December 17th, 1706 to September 10th, 1749 Émilie du Châtelet was a French mathematician and physicist who was the mistress of Voltaire. She took to mathematics and the sciences, being exposed to distinguished guests of her aristocratic...
- Ada Lovelace...who Is Ada Lovelace?
"Ada Lovelace voted tech heroine" by Zoe Kleinman March 25th, 2010 BBC News Ada Lovelace has emerged as the most popular role model in a day dedicated to celebrating women working in the fields of science and technology. So far, 2,239 people around...
Philosophy
Ada Lovelace - The Enchantress of Numbers
I don't know who my favorite female intellectual is (probably Émilie du Châtelet), but one who ranks in the top 10 would have to be Ada Lovelace (daughter of Lord Byron), and that's because the woman and her vision are simply remarkable.
For instance, she wrote the very first computer program... two hundred years before there were computers :)
Anyway, if you're interested in her personal life, you can listen to the lovely Stuff You Missed in History Class ladies:
If you want to get more into the programming and Babbage's analytical engine, perhaps the guys at Tech Stuff are more to your liking:
And for the more scholarly treatment, check out In Our Time, with Melvin Bragg.
.
- Distributive Justice, Gendered Restrooms, And Experiemental Philosophy
Michael Moore had a short-lived television program call TV Nation. One of the bits he did was to address a social injustice. When someone has to visit the restroom at a movie theater, sex matters. Guys can go in, come right out, and miss virtually none...
- Breaking The Code - The Biography Of Alan Turing
Computers don't grow on trees, and even though they are ubiquitous today, that wasn't always the case. In fact, they've only been around for less than a hundred years, and although there are certain folks to whom we owe a huge debt of gratitude...
- An Early Computer?--charles Babbage's "punch Cards"
"It Started Digital Wheels Turning" by John Markoff November 7th, 2011 The New York Times Researchers in Britain are about to embark on a 10-year, multimillion-dollar project to build a computer — but their goal is neither dazzling analytical power...
- Gabrielle-Émilie Le Tonnelier De Breteuil, Marquise Du Châtelet...voltaire-newton-leibniz
Émilie du Châtelet December 17th, 1706 to September 10th, 1749 Émilie du Châtelet was a French mathematician and physicist who was the mistress of Voltaire. She took to mathematics and the sciences, being exposed to distinguished guests of her aristocratic...
- Ada Lovelace...who Is Ada Lovelace?
"Ada Lovelace voted tech heroine" by Zoe Kleinman March 25th, 2010 BBC News Ada Lovelace has emerged as the most popular role model in a day dedicated to celebrating women working in the fields of science and technology. So far, 2,239 people around...