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1	The Mind Has No Sex?: Women in the Origins of Modern Science more books like this by Londa Schiebinger add to wishlist As part of his attempt to secure a place for women in scientific culture, the Cartesian Francois Poullain de la Barre asserted as long ago as 1673 that "the mind has no sex?" In this rich and comprehensive history of women's contributions to the development of early modem science, Londa Schiebinger examines the shifting fortunes of male and female ... see all copies from $3.75! new only from $27.48! \| SVS
2	Women Scientists in America: Struggles and Strategies to 1940 more books like this by Professor Margaret W Rossiter add to wishlist Presents an account of early women scientists in America. The text aims to explain the sexual politics of science today. It illuminates how gender has influenced the development of science in America and why cultural values from wider society follow women into the laboratory. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.63! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Racial Economy of Science: Toward a Democratic Future more books like this by Sandra Harding (Editor) add to wishlist 'Sandra Harding is an intellectually fearless scholar. She assembled a bold, impressive collection of essays to make a volume of illuminating power. This brilliantly edited book is essential reading for all who seek understanding of the multicultural debates of our age. Never has a book been more timely' - Darlene Clark Hine. Fueled by the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $37.42!
4	Death of Nature: Women, Ecology, and the Scientific Revolution more books like this by Carolyn Merchant add to wishlist Traces the scientific revolution and its effects on women, the environment and the meaning of science today. This journey through the scientific revolution shows how the mechanistic world view of modern science sanctioned the exploitation of nature, unrestrained commercial expansion and a new socioeconomic order that subordinated women. It ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.60! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Women Scientists in America: Before Affirmative Action, 1940-1972 more books like this by Professor Margaret W Rossiter add to wishlist The acute manpower shortages brought on by the war seemed to hold out new hope for women professionals, especially in the sciences. In one of the first propaganda films produced by the United States Office of War Information in 1942, Katharine Hepburn narrated a script written by Eleanor Roosevelt, urging women to apply for jobs in government ... see all copies from $2.04! new only from $2.04! \| first editions
6	Whose Science? Whose Knowledge?: Thinking from Women's Lives more books like this by Sandra Harding add to wishlist This work explores the possibility of a feminist way of knowing and of a feminist science and the practical consequences a feminist method might have for social, political and gender relations. In the first part of the book Sandra Harding discusses the interfaces between science and feminism and the possibility of a feminist science. In part two ... see all copies from $2.00! new only from $10.69! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Sky's the Limit: Stories of Discovery by Women and Girls more books like this by Catherine Thimmesh, Melissa Sweet (Illustrator) add to wishlist This is a tribute to remarkable women and girls who invent things, explore space, study chimpanzees and probe the world for answers. Illustrations. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	Women, Science, and Technology: A Reader in Feminist Science Studies more books like this by Mary Wyer add to wishlist "Women, Science, and Technology" is an ideal reader for courses in feminist science studies, science studies more generally, women's studies, and studies in gender and education. This second edition fully updates its predecessor, dropping ten readings and replacing them with new ones that: extend content coverage into areas not originally included ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $50.55! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Women in Science: Then and Now more books like this by Vivian Gornick add to wishlist Acclaimed writer and journalist Vivian Gornick updates the ground-breaking book with new interviews. The original book asked, 'What does it mean to be a woman working in scientific research? How [does] frequently being denied funding, tenure, and opportunity affect women scientists' confidence and their perspective on the fulfilment to be found in ... see all copies from $5.98! new only from $9.56! \| SVS
10	Sciences from Below: Feminisms, Postcolonialities, and Modernities more books like this by Sandra Harding add to wishlist In "Sciences from Below", the esteemed feminist science studies scholar Sandra Harding synthesizes modernity studies with progressive tendencies in science and technology studies to suggest how scientific and technological pursuits might be linked to social justice projects around the world. Harding illuminates the idea of multiple modernities as ... see all copies from $14.95! new only from $22.95!
11	Pythagoras' Trousers:: Physics, Faith, and Feminism more books like this by Margaret Wertheim add to wishlist The author offers a social and cultural history of physics, from ancient Greece through the Middle Ages and into the twentieth century. She shows how the development of physics has been intertwined with the rising power of institutionalized religion, and how both these predominantly masculine pursuits have influenced women's ability to join the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.30! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Secrets of Life, Secrets of Death: Essays on Science and Culture more books like this by Evelyn Fox Keller, F Keller Evelyn add to wishlist "Secrets of Life, Secrets of Death" traces the development of Evelyn Fox Keller's thoughts since her book "Reflections on Gender and Science", published in 1985. The essays included here represent her attempts to integrate the insight of feminist theory with those of her contemporaries in the history and philosophy of science, those who devote ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $37.40! \| SVS
13	Multicultural Women of Science: Three Centuries of Contributions: With Hands-On Activities and Exercises for the School Year more books like this by Leonard Bernstein, Alan Winkler, Linda Zierdt-Warshaw add to wishlist Round out the curriculum with the contributions of women who share a common passion for bettering the world through science and technology. The biographies -- of triumph over racial and gender discrimination, mixing career with family, world wars, and personal challenges -- are each followed by a hands-on experiment or activity and critical ... see all copies from $14.67!
14 view cover	The Science Question in Feminism more books like this by Sandra Harding add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.39! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Who's Afraid of Marie Curie?: The Challenges Facing Women in Science and Technology more books like this by Linley Erin Hall add to wishlist In 2005, Larry Summers, former president of Harvard, sparked an outcry when he suggested that women might not be as innately gifted in scientific and mathematical ability as men. Since then, issues related to the lack of women in science and engineering have appeared in the news, but these sound bites tell only part of the story. Who's Afraid of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	The Gender of Science more books like this by Janet A Kourany add to wishlist For courses in Gender and Science; Philosophy of Science; Science, Technology, and Values; Science Studies; and Gender Studies/Women's Studies. The only book of its kind, The Gender of Science inspires students to critically reflect on science in order to help them become more socially responsible in their dealings with science. see all copies from $26.99! new only from $43.90! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Athena Unbound: The Advancement of Women in Science and Technology more books like this by Henry Etzkowitz, Carol Kemelgor, Brian Uzzi add to wishlist Why are there so few women scientists? Persisting differences between women's and men's experiences in science make this question as relevant today as it ever was. This book sets out to answer this question, and to propose solutions for the future. Based on extensive research, it emphasizes that science is an intensely social activity. Despite the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.95! \| first editions \| SVS
18	Lifting the Veil more books like this by Linda Jean Shepherd, Ph.D. add to wishlist How feeling, nurturing, connectedness, and other feminine qualities are transforming science and technology. Drawing on the experiences of women and men scientists, Shepherd shows how incorporation of the feminine is restoring the lost soul to science, changing our priorities and definitions about "progress" and about what makes "good science". see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.34! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	The Flight from Science and Reason more books like this by Professor Paul R Gross (Editor), Professor Martin W Lewis (Editor), Professor Norman Levitt (Editor) add to wishlist "Evidence of a flight from reason is as old as human record-keeping: the 'fact' of it certainly goes back an even longer way. Flight from science specifically, among the forms of rational inquiry, goes back as far as science itself...But rejection of reason is now a pattern to be found in most branches of scholarship and in all the learned ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.50! \| first editions
20 view cover	Every Other Thursday: Stories and Strategies from Successful Women Scientists more books like this by Ellen Daniell add to wishlist This book tells the story of a professional problem-solving group that for more than 25 years has empowered its members by providing practical and emotional support. The objective of 'Group', as Ellen Daniell and six other members call their bi-monthly gatherings, is cooperation in a competitive world. And the objective of "Every Other Thursday" ... see all copies from $2.41! new only from $10.81! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Has Feminism Changed Science? more books like this by Londa Schiebinger add to wishlist Do women do science differently? This is a history of women in science and a frank assessment of the role of gender in shaping scientific knowledge. Science is both a profession and a body of knowledge, and Londa Schiebinger looks at how women have fared and performed in both instances. Shoe first considers the lives of women scientists, past and ... see all copies from $3.48! new only from $13.95! \| first editions
22 view cover	Pandora's Breeches: Women, Science and Power in the Enlightenment by Professor Patricia Fara add to wishlist 'Had God intended Women merely as a finer sort of cattle, he would not have made them reasonable.' Writing in 1673, Bathsua Makin was one of the first women to insist that girls should receive a scientific education. Despite the efforts of Makin and her successors, women were excluded from universities until the end of the nineteenth century, yet ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.95! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Woman in Science: With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind more books like this by H. J. Mozans add to wishlist First published in 1913, H.J.Mozans's book is a well-documented account of women's achievements in the various branches of science. It begins with ancient Greece and continues into Roman times, the medieval convents, Renaissance society, and the university laboratories of the Victorian era. Mozans traces the intellectual enfranchisement of women ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
24	The Outer Circle: Women in the Scientific Community more books like this by Harriet Zuckerman, Jonathan R Cole (Editor), John T Bruer, Ph.D. (Editor) add to wishlist Examining the reasons why women are still a largely unrewarded minority in the scientific community, this volume contains essays which discuss the role of sexism, links between personal life and scientific performance, and whether men and women have separate styles of scientific research. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.94! \| first editions
25 view cover	Common Science?: Women, Science, and Knowledge more books like this by Jean Barr, Lynda Birke add to wishlist 'Science is everywhere yet it has nothing to do with me'. That sense of science - of being both inside and outside at the same time - is one shared by many of the women interviewed by the authors. While science and technology permeate our lives, for most women and many men, scientific knowledge is outside their experience. Science remains largely ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.95! \| first editions

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