Women in Mathematics (Mit Press) - Softcover

Osen, Lynn M. M

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0262650096 ISBN 13: 9780262650090

Publisher: The MIT Press, 1975

Synopsis

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.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

These eight biographies of woman mathematicians parallel the growth of mathematics and provide a new approach to the history of mathematics. Mathematicians 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.

About the Author:

Kathleen Baynes is Professor at the Center for Mind and Brain, University of California, Davis.

About this edition

• Publisher: The MIT Press
• Publication date: 1975
• ISBN 10: 0262650096
• ISBN 13: 9780262650090
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 185