Delusions of Gender

Zusatztext 'Popular science writing at its best ? beautifully and accessibly written ? It is a cracking good read! by turns witty! passionate and learned.' Informationen zum Autor Cordelia Fine is a Professor of the History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Melbourne. She is the author of much-acclaimed A Mind of Its Own (Icon, 2006) and Testosterone Rex (Icon, 2017). Klappentext Paperback edition of the controversial book which challenges pseudo-scientific claims about the differences between the sexes. A real antidote to the new sexist doctrines which cite that male and female brains are immutably different; Fine scientifically shows that this is not true. 'This marvellous and important book will change the way readers view the gendered world.' "Publishers Weekly" Zusammenfassung Sex discrimination is supposedly a distant memory. This title dispels the pseudo-scientific claims about the differences between the sexes. It shows how old myths, dressed up in the scientific finery, help perpetuate the status quo. It reveals the mind's plasticity, and shows the influence of culture on identity.

Product details

• Authors: Cordelia Fine, Fine Cordelia
• Publisher: Harper Collins Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 03.02.2011
• EAN: 9781848312203
• ISBN: 978-1-84831-220-3
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 198 mm x 22 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); popular science, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, Popular psychology, Neurosciences, Psychology of gender, Sex & Gender Studies, ANF:Popular Science