Women and Science: Social Impact and Interaction
- ISBN-10
- 0813537371
- ISBN-13
- 9780813537375
- Series
- Women and Science
- Category
- Science
- Pages
- 409
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Author
- Suzanne Le-May Sheffield
Description
From Maria Winkelman's discovery of the comet of 1702 to the Nobel Prize-winning work of twentieth-century scientist Barbara McClintock, women have played a central role in modern science. Their successes have not come easily, nor have they been consistently recognized. This book examines the challenges and barriers women scientists have faced and chronicles their achievements as they struggled to attain recognition for their work in the male-dominated world of modern science.
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