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Ausgabe: | 1. publ. |
Sprache/n: | Englisch |
Veröffentlichungsangabe: | Basingstoke, Hampshire [u.a.] : Palgrave Macmillan, c 2009 |
Umfang: | IX, 264 S. : Ill ; 23 cm |
ISBN: | 0-230-55521-7 978-0-230-55521-1 |
Mehr zum Titel: | IntroductionThe 'Glamour' of a 'Wrangler': Women and mathematics at Girton College, Cambridge -- Women at the 'Shrine of Pure Thought' -- Professional or Pedestal?: Hertha Ayrton, a Woman among the Engineers -- Collaboration, Reputation and the business of Mathematics -- The Laboratory: A Suitable Place for a Woman?: Women, Masculinity and Laboratory Culture -- The Mathematics of Gender: Women, Participation and the Mathematical Community -- Bodies of controversy: Women and the Royal Society of London -- Conclusion. Includes bibliographical references and index |
Global Trade Item Number: | 9780230555211 |
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Mehr zum Thema: | Klassifikation der Library of Congress: QA27.5Dewey Dezimal-Klassifikation: 500.82Mathematics Subject Classification: *01-02Mathematics Subject Classification: 01A80 |
Inhalt: | "Through the prism of gender, this volume explores the contrasting cultures and material and social practices of mathematics and science in the decades surrounding 1900. It is demonstrated that gender, far from being a peripheral issue, is central to understanding the development of both pure and practical disciplines at this time"--Provided by publisher |
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