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Women in Mathematics

Women in Mathematics - Paperback

by Lynn M. Osen
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Availability:In StockContributor:Lynn M. OsenSeries:Mit PressAudience:Young AdultPublish date:1975-02-15Pages:200
Language:EnglishPublisher:MIT PressISBN-13:9780262650090ISBN-10:262650096UPC:9780262650090Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, ScienceBook Subcategory:Women, HistorySize:7.92 x 5.21 x 0.44 inchesWeight:0.5798Product ID:SC85EE6V8E
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.

Language:EnglishPublisher:MIT PressISBN-13:9780262650090ISBN-10:262650096UPC:9780262650090Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, ScienceBook Subcategory:Women, HistorySize:7.92 x 5.21 x 0.44 inchesWeight:0.5798Product ID:SC85EE6V8E

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


Publisher: MIT Press

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Lynn M. Osen

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Lynn M. Osen

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