| Description |
xxxi, 293 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Series |
Race, gender, and science
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-289) and index. |
| Contents |
Rugged individualism and the mathematical Marlboro man : mathematicians work in complete isolation ; profile : Karen Uhlenbeck, Marian Pour-El -- What's a nice girl like you doing in a place like this? : women and mathematics don't mix ; profile : Mary Ellen Rudin, Fan Chung -- Is mathematics a young man's game? : mathematicians do their best work in their youth ; profile : Joan Birman -- Women and gender politics : mathematics and politics don't mix ; profile : Lenore Blum, Judy Roitman -- Double jeopardy : gender and race : only white males do mathematics ; profile : Vivienne Malone-Mayes, Fern Hunt -- The quest for certain and eternal knowledge : mathematics is a realm of complete objectivity ; Mathematics is non-human. |
| Subject |
Women in mathematics.
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Women mathematicians -- Interviews
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| ISBN |
0253332796 (cl : alk. paper) |
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0253211190 (pa : alk. paper) |
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