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Title The Outer circle : women in the scientific community / edited by Harriet Zuckerman, Jonathan R. Cole, John T. Bruer.

Imprint New York : Norton, c1991.

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 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  305.435 Ou8    ---  Available
Edition 1st ed.
Description 351 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Note Papers from 4 symposia held 1983-1986 at Stanford University, sponsored by the Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [324]-340) and index.
Contents The careers of men and women scientists : a review of current research / H. Zuckerman -- Citation classics : women's and men's perceptions of their contributions to science / H. S. Astin -- Interview with Salome Waelsch -- Interview with Andrea Dupree -- Interview with Sandra Panema -- Marriage, motherhood, and research performance in science / J. R. Cole, H. Zuckerman -- Sex differences in careers : is science a special case? / W. T. Bielby -- Gender, environmental millieu, and productivity in science / M. F. Fox -- Discrimination against women in science : the confusion of outcome with process / S. Cole, R. Fiorentine -- The wo/man scientist : issues of sex and gender in the pursuit of science / E. F. Keller.
(cont.) Constraints on excellence : structural and cultural barriers to the recognition and demonstration of achievement / C. F. Epstein -- An uncertain inheritance / O. M. Fiss -- A theory of limited differences : explaining the productivity puzzle in science / J. R. Cole, B. Singer.
Subject Women in science.
Women scientists.
Added Author Zuckerman, Harriet.
Cole, Jonathan R.
Bruer, John T., 1949-
Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation.
ISBN 0393027732

 
    
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