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Women in Mathematics

Women in Mathematics

Osen, Lynn M.

Paperback

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ISBN10: 0262650096
ISBN13: 9780262650090
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: Feb 15 1975
Pages: 200
Weight: 0.58
Height: 0.44 Width: 5.21 Depth: 7.92
Language: English
Mathematicians, science historians, and general readers will find this book a lively history; women will find it a reminder of a proud tradition and a challenge to take their rightful place in academic life today.

The colorful lives of these women, who often traveled in the most avant-garde circles of their day, are presented in fascinating detail. The obstacles and censures that were also a part of their lives are a sobering reminder of the bias against women still present in this and other fields of academic endeavor. Mathematicians, science historians, and general readers will find this book a lively history; women will find it a reminder of a proud tradition and a challenge to take their rightful place in academic life today.

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