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- catalog abstract ""Mathematics is often described as the purest of the sciences, the least tainted by subjectivity or cultural influences. Theoretically, the only requirement for a life of mathematics is mathematical ability. And yet we see very few women mathematicians. The myth that women are no good at math is deeply entrenched in our culture, perpetuated by headlines in newspapers ("Do Boys Have a Math Gene?") and a focus on "math anxiety." Many people are therefore surprised to learn that in the United States, 46 percent of the bachelor's degrees in mathematics go to women. Why then does they myth continue? Many factors contribute, but an important one is the lack of visible women mathematicians. Their presence diminishes dramatically as one goes through the "mathematics pipline": women earn only about 24 percent of the math Ph.D.s and make up less than 6 percent of the full-time mathematics faculty at doctorate-granting institutions in the U.S. (They represent less than 3 percent of the tenured mathematics professors at these institutions.) Based upon a series of nine intensive interviews with prominent women mathematicians throughout the United States, this book investigates the role of gender in the complex relationship between the mathematician, the mathematical community, and mathematics itself."--Back cover.".
- catalog contributor b10505057.
- catalog created "c1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "c1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1997.".
- catalog description ""Mathematics is often described as the purest of the sciences, the least tainted by subjectivity or cultural influences. Theoretically, the only requirement for a life of mathematics is mathematical ability. And yet we see very few women mathematicians. The myth that women are no good at math is deeply entrenched in our culture, perpetuated by headlines in newspapers ("Do Boys Have a Math Gene?") and a focus on "math anxiety." Many people are therefore surprised to learn that in the United States, 46 percent of the bachelor's degrees in mathematics go to women. Why then does they myth continue? Many factors contribute, but an important one is the lack of visible women mathematicians. Their presence diminishes dramatically as one goes through the "mathematics pipline": women earn only about 24 percent of the math Ph.D.s and make up less than 6 percent of the full-time mathematics faculty at doctorate-granting institutions in the U.S. (They represent less than 3 percent of the tenured mathematics professors at these institutions.) Based upon a series of nine intensive interviews with prominent women mathematicians throughout the United States, this book investigates the role of gender in the complex relationship between the mathematician, the mathematical community, and mathematics itself."--Back cover.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-289) and index.".
- catalog description "Rugged individualism and the mathematical Marlboro man : mathematicians work in complete isolation ; profile : Karen Uhlenbeck, Marian Pour-El -- What's a nice girl like you doing in a place like this? : women and mathematics don't mix ; profile : Mary Ellen Rudin, Fan Chung -- Is mathematics a young man's game? : mathematicians do their best work in their youth ; profile : Joan Birman -- Women and gender politics : mathematics and politics don't mix ; profile : Leonore Blum, Judy Roitman -- Double jeopardy : gender and race : only white males do mathematics ; profile : Vivienne Malone-Mayes, Fern Hunt -- The quest for certain and eternal knowledge : mathematics is a realm of complete objectivity ; Mathematics is non-human.".
- catalog extent "xxxi, 293 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0253211190 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0253332796 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Race, gender, and science".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "c1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Bloomington : Indiana University Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "305.43/51 21".
- catalog subject "QA27.5 .H46 1997".
- catalog subject "Women in mathematics United States.".
- catalog subject "Women mathematicians United States Interviews.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Rugged individualism and the mathematical Marlboro man : mathematicians work in complete isolation ; profile : Karen Uhlenbeck, Marian Pour-El -- What's a nice girl like you doing in a place like this? : women and mathematics don't mix ; profile : Mary Ellen Rudin, Fan Chung -- Is mathematics a young man's game? : mathematicians do their best work in their youth ; profile : Joan Birman -- Women and gender politics : mathematics and politics don't mix ; profile : Leonore Blum, Judy Roitman -- Double jeopardy : gender and race : only white males do mathematics ; profile : Vivienne Malone-Mayes, Fern Hunt -- The quest for certain and eternal knowledge : mathematics is a realm of complete objectivity ; Mathematics is non-human.".
- catalog title "Women in mathematics : the addition of difference / Claudia Henrion.".
- catalog type "Interviews. fast".
- catalog type "text".