Femininity, Mathematics and Science, 1880–1914 [electronic resource] /
Jones, C.author.
Through the prism of gender, this text explores the contrasting cultures and practice of mathematics and science and asks how they impacted on women. Claire Jones assesses nineteenth-century ideas about women's intellect, femininity and masculinity, and assesses how these attitudes shaped women's experiences as students and practitioners.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: Introduction * Coaching for Girls: Mathematical Training at Cambridge and other Institutions in Britain and America * Women at the 'Shrine of Pure Thought': Gttingen in Germany and other Mathematical Centres in Europe * Professional or Pedestal?: a Woman among the Engineers * Collaboration, Reputation and Mathematics * The Laboratory: A Suitable Place for a Woman?: Women, Masculinity and Laboratory Culture * The Mathematics of Gender: Women, Participation and the Mathematical Community * Bodies of controversy: Women and the Royal Society * Conclusion *Appendices Introduction * Coaching for Girls: Mathematical Training at Cambridge and other Institutions in Britain and America * Women at the 'Shrine of Pure Thought': Gttingen in Germany and other Mathematical Centres in Europe * Professional or Pedestal?: a Woman among the Engineers * Collaboration, Reputation and Mathematics * The Laboratory: A Suitable Place for a Woman?: Women, Masculinity and Laboratory Culture * The Mathematics of Gender: Women, Participation and the Mathematical Community * Bodies of controversy: Women and the Royal Society * Conclusion *Appendices.
Through the prism of gender, this text explores the contrasting cultures and practice of mathematics and science and asks how they impacted on women. Claire Jones assesses nineteenth-century ideas about women's intellect, femininity and masculinity, and assesses how these attitudes shaped women's experiences as students and practitioners.
Mathematics.
History.
World history.
Social history.
Great Britain—History.
Sociology.
History, Modern.
History of Mathematical Sciences.
World History, Global and Transnational History.
Social History.
History of Britain and Ireland.
Gender Studies.
Modern History.