Women in mathematics : the addition of difference /
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| Language: | English |
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Bloomington :
Indiana University Press,
c1997.
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| Series: | Race, gender, and science
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Table of Contents:
- Rugged individualism and the mathematical Marlboro man : mathematicians work in complete isolation ; profile : Karen Uhlenbeck, Marian Pour-El
- What's a nice girl like you doing in a place like this? : women and mathematics don't mix ; profile : Mary Ellen Rudin, Fan Chung
- Is mathematics a young man's game? : mathematicians do their best work in their youth ; profile : Joan Birman
- Women and gender politics : mathematics and politics don't mix ; profile : Lenore Blum, Judy Roitman
- Double jeopardy : gender and race : only white males do mathematics ; profile : Vivienne Malone-Mayes, Fern Hunt
- The quest for certain and eternal knowledge : mathematics is a realm of complete objectivity ; Mathematics is non-human.
