Ambrose, Susan | Journeys of Women in Science and Engineering: No Universal Constants

Broché couverture souple illustrée en couleurs ;couverture légèrement cornée ; étiquette de libraire sur 4eme de couverture ; nombreuses illustrations ( graphiques , photos ) en noir dans texte ; intérieur en très bon état ; Livre en anglais / English book ; Foreword of Lilii Hornig ; collection : Labor ans social change ; A rich resource of personal profiles of 88 women in the sciences and engineering : The core of this important book is 88 profiles with photographs of women scientists and engineers whose diversity is stunning. Journeys of Women in Science and Engineering includes research scientists and engineers in areas from biochemistry to mathematics, from neuroscience to computer science, from animal science to civil engineering. It includes those who have made careers in public service—people like Dr. Joycelyn Elders, the recent U.S. Surgeon General; Dr. Susan Love, the breast cancer activist; and Rhea L. Graham, the first woman and first African American director of the Bureau of Mines. It includes Nobel Prize winners, beginning assistant professors, division directors of corporations, and even an engineering school dean. "This is a book to be savored, since each profile can be read separately and the book then set aside until one embarks on the next journey with these extraordinary and, at the same time, ordinary females." — Science Books & Films / … an impressive resource… Throughout the collection, the authors meet their double objective: to show the ‘diverse journeys’ that women scientists take in life and ‘the joy of doing the work, the satisfaction of intellectual challenge and achievement, the excitement of discovery, creation, and service, and the fulfillment of a good life’s work.’ They show us and all considering a career in science and engineering honest pictures of the pleasures, the problems, and the price of those choices." — Harvard Educational Review / This book belongs in the middle or high school library and in the hands of any young woman interested in science." — The Science Teacher / Both famous and little-known, average women are included, confirming the ability to participate in scientific and engineering careers without being superwomen." — Feminist Collections ; (15D5)"