stories of women and minorities in mathematics
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Kenschaft, Patricia Clark
- Publish Year
- 2005
- Shelfmark
- VS 53 2005
- Thesaurus
- wiskunde, wetenschappelijke beroepen, historisch, man vrouw verschillen, discriminatie, gelijke behandeling, vrouwen, etnische minderheidsgroepen, Afro-Amerikaanse vrouwen, Latijns-Amerikaans, Verenigde Staten, 19e eeuw, 20e eeuw, biografische gegevens
- Description
- Based on interviews and historical research, this book relates stories about mathematicians - women and men, white and coloured - who have bucked the social climate of their time and defied stereotypes. The five chapters about women provide insight into the ninetheenth century, the mid-twentieth century, the early 1970s, 1990s, and 2004.