Scientific Pioneers: Women Succeeding in Science (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780761833505)

This book critically examines the career development of female scientific pioneers. Drawing from existing biographical and ethnographical data, author Joyce Tang analyzes the life and career histories of ten extraordinary female scientists-Marie Curie, Irene Joliot-Curie, Margaret Mead, Barbara McClintock, Maria Goeppert-Meyer, Rachel Carson, Rita Levi-Montalcini, Dorothy Hodgkin, Rosalyn Yalow, and Fay Ajzenberg-Selove. The author explores the personal, political, cultural, and economic factors that led to the success of these women. Scientific Pioneers proposes that for a woman to be successful in science not only requires perseverance and talent, but also structural opportunities, institutional support, and conscious decision making.

Scientific Pioneers is an important addition to the growing literature about women in science, the sociology of science, and the dynamics of discrimination. This analysis of female scientific pioneers is an invaluable resource for both public policy debates and research on inequality.

Author: Joyce Tang
ISBN-10: 0761833501
ISBN-13: 9780761833505
Publisher: University Press of America
Language: English
Published: 02/16/2006
Pages: 190
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.66lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.48w x 0.56d

Review Citation(s):
Scitech Book News 06/01/2006 pg. 9