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Writing about Lives in Science: (Auto)Biography, Gender, and Genre (Interfacing Science, Literature, and the Humanities, 9) - Hardcover

 
9783847102632: Writing about Lives in Science: (Auto)Biography, Gender, and Genre (Interfacing Science, Literature, and the Humanities, 9)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 384710263X ISBN 13: 9783847102632
Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Gmbh & Co, 2014

Synopsis

Following discussions on scientific biography carried out over the past few decades, this book proposes a kaleidoscopic survey of the uses of biography as a tool to understand science and its context. It offers food for thought on the role played by the gender of the biographer and the biographee in the process of writing. To provide orientation in such a challenging field, some of the authors have accepted to write about their own professional experience while reflecting on the case studies they have been working on. Focusing on (auto)biography may help us to build bridges between different approaches to men and women's lives in science. The authors belong to a variety of academic and professional fields, including the history of science, anthropology, literary studies, and science journalism. The period covered spans from 1732, when Laura Bassi was the first woman to get a tenured professorship of physics, to 2009, when Elizabeth H. Blackburn and Carol W. Greider were the first women's team to have won a Nobel Prize in science.

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About the Author

Zelda Alice Franceschi is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Bologna. Paola Govoni is Assistant Professor of History of Science at the University of Bologna.

From the Back Cover

Following discussions on scientific biography carried out over the
past few decades, this book proposes a kaleidoscopic survey of the
uses of biography as a tool to understand science and its context.
It offers food for thought on the role played by the gender of the
biographer and the biographee in the process of writing. To provide
orientation in such a challenging field, some of the authors have
accepted to write about their own professional experience while
reflecting on the case studies they have been working on. Focusing
on (auto)biography may help us to build bridges between different
approaches to men and women's lives in science. The authors
belong to a variety of academic and professional fields, including
the history of science, anthropology, literary studies, and science
journalism. The period covered spans from 1732, when Laura Bassi
was the first woman to get a tenured professorship of physics, to
2009, when Elizabeth H. Blackburn and Carol W. Greider were the
first women's team to have won a Nobel Prize in science.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

Publisher
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Gmbh & Co
Publication date
2014
Language
English
ISBN 10 
384710263X
ISBN 13 
9783847102632
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
287
Editor
Paola Govoni, Zelda Franceschi