Has Feminism Changed Science?

Informationen zum Autor Londa Schiebinger is John L. Hinds Professor of History of Science and Barbara D. Finberg Director of the Clayman Institute for Gender Research, Stanford University. Klappentext biology. She also shows that feminist scientists have developed new theories! asked new questions! and opened new fields in many of these areas. Zusammenfassung This book is a history of women in science and an assessment of the role of gender in shaping scientific knowledge. Schiebinger considers the lives of women scientists, past and present, and debunks the myth that women scientists—because they are women—are somehow more holistic and integrative and create more cooperative scientific communities. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Introduction Women in Science Hypatia's Heritage Meters of Equity The Pipeline Gender in the Cultures of Science The Clash of Cultures Science and Private Life Gender in the Substance of Science Medicine Primatology! Archaeology! and Human Origins Biology Physics and Math Conclusion Appendix Notes Bibliography Index

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Londa Schiebinger, Schiebinger Londa
• Editore: Harvard University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 26.04.2001
• EAN: 9780674005440
• ISBN: 978-0-674-00544-0
• Pagine: 276
• Dimensioni: 156 mm x 235 mm x 10 mm
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Scienze naturali, tematiche generali; Science: general issues, SCIENCE / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, Feminism & feminist theory, Feminism and feminist theory