Women in Mathematics: The Addition of Difference (Race, Gender and Science)

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 328 pages
• Published by: Indiana University Press August 1997
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0253211190
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0253211194
• Book Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 1.1 inches
• Weighs: 1.8 pounds

Reader Reviews
Not always a polished read (more editing would be helpful). Still, I would recommend this book to any woman who studies math to get a sense of what other woman have done in mathematics and how successful some women have been without necessarily having fallen into the young-male-math genius stereotype early in their schooling. I think the author managed to convey her point well: there are many routes up, and the "mathematical marlboro man" (read the book to understand this term) that the mathematics community and the rest of the world believe in is only one type of mathematician, and not necessarily the most important. Interesting note: the used copy that I read was evidently annotated by a woman studying sociology. I hope she takes a math class (better yet, gets through calculus to something more interesting).