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Women in Science : A Social and Cultural History by Ruth Watts (2007, Uk-B Format Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherRoutledge

ISBN-100415253071

ISBN-139780415253079

eBay Product ID (ePID)56973546

Product Key Features

Number of Pages320 Pages

Publication NameWomen in Science : a Social and Cultural History

LanguageEnglish

SubjectSocial History, General, Women's Studies

Publication Year2007

TypeTextbook

AuthorRuth Watts

Subject AreaSocial Science, History

FormatUk-B Format Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight16.8 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2007-019707

Dewey Edition22

Reviews'An essential resource for student assignments.'- BBC History Magazine 'Recommended. Undergraduates.'- CHOICE 'Watts has provided an invaluable resource...She sysnthesises the significant literature, adds new knowledge and makes the whole accessible to a wide audience. This was sorely needed'- Claire Jones, University of Liverpool 'Her book goes beyond synthesis in important ways, exetending discussion and asking new questions...It promises to be an invaluable resource for many audiences'- Women's History Magazine, 'An essential resource for student assignments.' - BBC History Magazine 'Recommended. Undergraduates.'- CHOICE 'Watts has provided an invaluable resource...She sysnthesises the significant literature, adds new knowledge and makes the whole accessible to a wide audience. This was sorely needed' - Claire Jones, University of Liverpool 'Her book goes beyond synthesis in important ways, exetending discussion and asking new questions...It promises to be an invaluable resource for many audiences' - Women's History Magazine

Dewey Decimal305.43/5

Table Of Content1. Science, gender and education 2. Discovering women in science and education 3. Knowledge and power in ancient Alexandria 4. Obedient servants of God and man 5. Science, gender and the beginnings of modernism 6. Education in science and the science of education in the long eighteenth century 7. An older and newer world: networks of science in nineteenth century England 8. Science comes of age 9. The significance of gender and identity

SynopsisThe first book of its kind to provide a full and comprehensive historical grounding of the contemporary issues of gender and women in science. Women in Science includes a detailed survey of the history behind the popular subject and engages the reader with a theoretical and informed understanding with significant issues like science and race, gender and technology and masculinity. It moves beyond the historical work on women and science by avoiding focusing on individual women scientists., The first book of its kind to provide a comprehensive historical grounding of the contemporary issues of gender and women in science, including a detailed survey this book provides a highlytheoretical and informed understanding of the subject.

LC Classification NumberQ130