Women in MathematicsMIT Press, 15. 2. 1975 - Počet stran: 200 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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Introduction | 1 |
Hypatia | 21 |
Emilie de Breteuil Marquise du Châtelet | 49 |
Caroline Herschel | 71 |
Mary Fairfax Somerville | 95 |
Sonya CorvinKrukovsky Kovalevsky | 117 |
Emmy Amalie Noether | 141 |
The Feminine Mathtique | 163 |
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