Journeys of women in science and engineering
Subtitle: no universal constants
By: Susan A. Ambrose ... [et al.] ; foreword by Lilli Hornig.
Contributors: Ambrose, Susan A., 1958-
Series: Labor and social change
Publisher: Temple University Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 461
Subjects: Women in science; Women in engineering; Women scientists -- Biography; Women engineers -- Biography
Description: Today the image of the scientist is still that of a white man in a white lab coat. This book questions this stereotype and the assumption that the practitioners of science and engineering have a uniform look and follow one particular path through life. The scientists and engineers featured in this book are all women. They come from different races, ethnicities, and socioeconomic backgrounds. They have different sexual orientations. Some have disabilities.

The core of this book is 88 profiles with photographs of women scientists and engineers whose diversity is stunning. Journeys of Women in Science and Engineering includes research scientists and engineers in areas from biochemistry to mathematics, from neuroscience to computer science, from animal science to civil engineering.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 451-456) and index.