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THE MADAME CURIE COMPLEX
THE HIDDEN HISTORY OF WOMEN IN SCIENCE |
| By: |
Julie Des Jardins |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£12.99 |
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£9.48 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1558616136 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781558616134 |
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| Publisher: |
FEMINIST PRESS AT THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK |
| Pub. date: |
1 March, 2010 |
| Pages: |
312 |
| Synopsis: |
Why are the fields of science and technology still considered to be predominantly male professions? This book moves beyond the most common explanations - limited access to professional training, lack of resources, exclusion from social networks of men - to give historical context and unexpected revelations about women's contributions to the sciences. Exploring the lives of Jane Goodall, Rosalind Franklin, Rosalyn Yalow, Barbara McClintock, Rachel Carson, and the women of the Manhattan Project, Julie Des Jardins considers their personal and professional stories in relation to their male counterparts - Albert Einstein, Robert Oppenheimer, Enrico Fermi - to demonstrate how the gendered culture of science molds the methods, structure, and experience of the work. With lively anecdotes and vivid detail, the book reveals how women scientists have often asked different questions, used different methods, come up with different explanations for phenomena in the natural world, and how they have forever transformed a scientist's role. |
| Illustrations: |
1 Illustrations, unspecified |
| Publication: |
US |
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Feminist Press at The City University of New York |
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Returnable |
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