Women in Mathematics: The Addition of Difference - Couverture souple

Henrion, Claudia

 
9780253211194: Women in Mathematics: The Addition of Difference
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0253211190 ISBN 13 : 9780253211194
Editeur : Indiana University Press, 1997

Synopsis

. . . a wonderful addition to any mathematics teacher's professional bookshelf. --The Mathematics Teacher

The individual biographies themselves make for enthralling, often inspiring, reading . . . this volume should be compelling reading for women mathematics students and professionals. A fine addition to the literature on women in science . . . Highly recommended. --Choice

. . . it makes an important contribution to scholarship on the interrelations of gender, mathematics, and culture in the U.S. in the second half of the twentieth century. --Notices of the AMS

Who is the audience for this book? Certainly women who are interested in studying mathematics and women already in mathematics who have become discouraged will find much to interest and help them. Faculty who teach such women would put it to good use. But it would be a loss to relegate the book to a shelf for occasional reference to an interested student or beginning mathematician. Everyone in the mathematics community in which each of Henrion's subjects struggled so hard to find a place could benefit by a thoughtful reading. --Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) News

Mathematics is often described as the purest of the sciences, the least tainted by subjective or cultural influences. Theoretically, the only requirement for a life of mathematics is mathematical ability. And yet we see very few women mathematicians. Why?

Based upon a series of ten intensive interviews with prominent women mathematicians throughout the United States, this book investigates the role of gender in the complex relationship between mathematician, the mathematical community, and mathematics itself.

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À propos de l?auteur

Claudia Henrion is Visiting Professor of Mathematics, Education, and Women's Studies at Dartmouth College.

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Éditeur
Indiana University Press
Date d'édition
1997
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0253211190
ISBN 13 
9780253211194
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
328
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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ISBN 10 :  0253332796 ISBN 13 :  9780253332790
Editeur : Indiana University Press, 1997
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