Through the prism of gender, this text explores the contrasting cultures and practice of mathematics and science and asks how they impacted on women. Claire Jones assesses nineteenth-century ideas about women's intellect, femininity and masculinity, and assesses how these attitudes shaped women's experiences as students and practitioners. INDICE: List of Illustrations - Acknowledgements - Introduction - The '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 andthe Mathematical Community - Bodies of Controversy: Women and the Royal Society of London - Conclusion - Notes - Bibliography
- ISBN: 978-0-230-55521-1
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 280
- Fecha Publicación: 15/10/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés