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Women of Genius in Science: Whose Frequently Overlooked Contributions Changed the World

By Lars Jaeger

Book information

Publisher
Springer Nature
Year
2023
ISBN
9783031239267, 9783031239250, 3031239261
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
916 kB (937603 bytes)
Pages
223\0
Library
SoftArchive
Time added
2023-07-16 11:37:10

Description

Although women participated in shaping scientific thinking from the outset, they very rarely became visible. This imbalance continues today, although there are currently more female scientists than ever before. Lars Jaeger spans an arc from antiquity to the present day and portrays the lives and work of the most important female scientists and mathematicians in essay-like introductions. From Hypatia of Alexandria to Emmy Noether and Lisa Randall, they have all achieved great things, decisively advanced science and yet often could not step out of the shadow of their male colleagues. In addition to the exciting portraits of the individual women scientists, the book also sheds light on gender relations in science and their agonisingly slow evolution in favour of women.

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