Engineering Women: Re-visioning Women's Scientific Achievements and Impacts

Packed with fascinating biographical sketches of female engineers, this chronological history of engineering brightens previously shadowy corners of our increasingly engineered world's recent past. In addition to a detailed description of the diverse arenas encompassed by the word 'engineering' and a nuanced overview of the development of the field, the book includes numerous statistics and thought provoking facts about women's roles in the achievement of thrilling scientific innovations. This text is a unique resource for students launching research projects in engineering and related fields, professionals interested in gaining a broader understanding of how engineering as a discipline has been impacted by events of global significance, and scholars of women's immense, often obscured, contributions to scientific progress.

Sommario

Introduction.- The Early Days of Engineering.- Women Can be Engineers, Too!.- War's Unintended Consequences.- Suburbia and Sputnik.- Bridges to the Future.- Bridges to the Future.

Testo aggiuntivo

“Numerous books about the historical role of women in science and engineering are biographical in scope. Tietjen, an engineer and a former president of the National Women’s Hall of Fame Board of Directors, provides a hybrid work. … Summing Up: Recommended. Lower- and upper-division undergraduates; general readers.” (T. S. Reynolds, Choice, Vol. 54 (9), May, 2017)

Relazione

"Numerous books about the historical role of women in science and engineering are biographical in scope. Tietjen, an engineer and a former president of the National Women's Hall of Fame Board of Directors, provides a hybrid work. ... Summing Up: Recommended. Lower- and upper-division undergraduates; general readers." (T. S. Reynolds, Choice, Vol. 54 (9), May, 2017)

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Jill S Tietjen, Jill S. Tietjen
• Editore: Springer, Berlin
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.01.2018
• EAN: 9783319821870
• ISBN: 978-3-31-982187-0
• Pagine: 85
• Dimensioni: 155 mm x 5 mm x 235 mm
• Peso: 169 g
• Illustrazioni: XIII, 85 p. 1 illus.
• Serie: Women in Engineering and Science; Women in Engineering and Science
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Tecnica > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Sociologia del lavoro, dell'economia e dell'industria; B, Interdisziplinäre Studien, History, popular science, Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften, Life Sciences, engineering, Civil Engineering, History of Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary studies, Life sciences: general issues, Job Careers in Science and Engineering, Engineering: general, Popular works, Mathematics and Computing, Physical Sciences, Popular Science, general, Mathematics and science, Engineering—Vocational guidance