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Women in Mathematics

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.

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 200
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9780262650090
  • Genres
  • mathematics, history, biography, science, education
  • Release date
  • 1975