Pythagoras's Trousers: God, Physics, and the Gender War Contributor(s): Wertheim, Margaret (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393317242 ISBN-13: 9780393317244 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: September 1997 Annotation: An "immensely accessible tour (which tells) how the physics lab became another Vatican with a no-girls-allowed sign on its door" (Susan Faludi) this spirited look at the relationship between physics and religion argues that gender inequity in physics is a result of the religious origins of the enterprise. |
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BISAC Categories: - Science | Reference - Science | Physics - General - Social Science | Popular Culture |
Dewey: 306.45 |
LCCN: 00000000 |
Physical Information: 0.78" H x 5.54" W x 8.53" L (0.90 lbs) 320 pages |
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Publisher Description: Here is a fresh, astute social and cultural history of physics, from ancient Greece to our own time. From its inception, Margaret Wertheim shows, physics has been an overwhelmingly male-dominated activity; she argues that gender inequity in physics is a result of the religious origins of the enterprise. Pythagoras' Trousers is a highly original history of one of science's most powerful disciplines. It is also a passionate argument for the need to involve both women and men in the process of shaping the technologies from the next generation of physicists. |
Contributor Bio(s): Wertheim, Margaret: - Margaret Wertheim is a science journalist and commentator and author of the book Pythagoras' Trousers. |
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