Women in Mathematics

Lynn M. Osen (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

185 Seiten

1975
MIT Press (Verlag)
978-0-262-65009-0 (ISBN)

Infos

Mathematicians, science historians, and general readers will find this book a lively history; women will find it a reminder of a proud tradition and a challenge to take their rightful place in academic life today.

The colorful lives of these women, who often traveled in the most avant-garde circles of their day, are presented in fascinating detail. The obstacles and censures that were also a part of their lives are a sobering reminder of the bias against women still present in this and other fields of academic endeavor. Mathematicians, science historians, and general readers will find this book a lively history; women will find it a reminder of a proud tradition and a challenge to take their rightful place in academic life today.

Autor

Kathleen Baynes is Professor at the Center for Mind and Brain, University of California, Davis.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.2.1975
• Reihe/Serie: Women in Mathematics
• Verlagsort: Cambridge, Mass.
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 133 x 203 mm
• Gewicht: 249 g
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Geschichte der Mathematik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
• ISBN-10: 0-262-65009-6 / 0262650096
• ISBN-13: 978-0-262-65009-0 / 9780262650090
• Zustand: Neuware