Women, Science, and Myth: Gender Beliefs from Antiquity to the Present - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1598840959 ISBN 13: 9781598840957

Publisher: ABC-CLIO, 2008

Synopsis

This encyclopedia surveys the scientific research on gender throughout the ages―the people, experiments, and impact―of both legitimate and illegitimate findings on the scientific community, women scientists, and society at large.

· Chronologically organized entries describing people and events influential in the development of scientific research on gender

· 40 thematic entries looking at larger issues across regions, disciplines, and historical eras

· A section of supportive demographic/statistical information

About this title

Book Description:

Over the course of history, scientific research has been used to support a number of dubious assumptions, nowhere more so than in the area of gender—several 19th century studies as well as many 20th century studies of brain differences, claim to prove that men's brains are superior to women's. Yet the scientific community has not often welcomed the work of women scientists. Is there a connection?

About the Author:

Sue V. Rosser, PhD, is dean of the Ivan Allen College and professor at Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA.

About this edition

• Publisher: ABC-CLIO
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1598840959
• ISBN 13: 9781598840957
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 520
• Editor: Rosser Sue V.