Women in Mathematics
$94.70
- Paperback
185 pages
- Release Date
15 February 1975
Summary
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.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262650090 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262650096 |
| Author: | Lynn M. Osen |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 185 |
| Edition: | New edition |
| Release Date: | 15 February 1975 |
| Weight: | 249g |
| Dimensions: | 11mm x 133mm x 203mm |
| Series: | Women in Mathematics |
| Audience Age: | 18 |
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Lynn M. Osen
Kathleen Baynes is Professor at the Center for Mind and Brain, University of California, Davis.
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