The science on women and science / Christina Hoff Sommers, editor.
Sommers, Christina Hoff.
2009
Q130 .S364 2009 (Mapit)
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Title The science on women and science / Christina Hoff Sommers, editor.
ISBN 9780844742816 (pbk.)
0844742813 (pbk.)
Imprint Washington, D.C. : AEI Press ; Summit, PA : Distributed to the trade by National Book Network, c2009.
Language English
Description x, 330 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Call Number Q130 .S364 2009
Dewey Decimal Classification 508.2
Summary Are women victims of a widespread bias in science and engineering, as a 2007 report of the National Academy of Sciences concluded? Or are there other, more plausible explanations for the paucity of women in various quantitative fields? What, if anything, should be done to encourage more women to become engineers and scientists? Anyone looking for a balanced and temperate treatment of this sometimes-contentious topic will welcome this collection of essays from leading academics on both sides of the issue.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author Sommers, Christina Hoff.
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Introduction: the science on women in science / Christina Hoff Sommers
Why so few women in math and science? / Simon Baron-Cohen
Gender, math, and science / Elizabeth S. Spelke and Katherine Ellison
A history of structural barriers to women in science: from stone walls to invisible walls / Rosalind Chait Barnett and Laura Sabattini
Sex, science, and the economy / Christina Hoff Sommers
Low numbers: stereotypes and the underrepresentation of women in math and science / Joshua Aronson
Stereotype threat: a case of overclaim syndrome? / Amy L. Wax
An evolutionary twist on sex, mathematics, and the sciences / David C. Geary
Cognition and the brain: sex matters / Richard J. Haier
Women, men, and the sciences / Jerre Levy and Doreen Kimura
Conclusion: why it all matters and what is to be done / Charles Murray.

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