Pythagoras' trousers : God, physics, and the gender wars / Margaret Wertheim.
Pythagoras' trousers : God, physics, and the gender wars / Margaret Wertheim.
Pythagoras' trousers : God, physics, and the gender wars / Margaret Wertheim.
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Publisher
New York : Times Books/Random House, c1995.
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N306.45/22
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Language
English
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Physical content
viii, 279 p. cm.
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Publisher
New York : Times Books/Random House, c1995.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
c1995.
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Summary
Wertheim shows that the battle women faced to break into science parallels the battle they faced to break into the clergy; physics has become the Catholic church of science. Even now, women have made tremendous strides in the social and biological sciences, yet they remain chronically underrepresented in physics. Why is this so? Wertheim argues tha...
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Pythagoras' trousers : God, physics, and the gender wars / Margaret Wertheim.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-262) and index.
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N306.45/22
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74VMxZJ3BwKZ
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VMxZJ3BwKZ
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ISBN
081292200X
DDC
306.45
MMS ID
991002578809702626
