Has feminism changed science? /
"Have feminist perspectives brought any positive changes to scientific knowledge? Schiebinger provides a subtle and nuanced gender analysis of the physical sciences, medicine, archaeology, evolutionary biology, primatology, and developmental biology. She also shows that feminist scientists have...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
Harvard University Press,
1999.
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| Summary: | "Have feminist perspectives brought any positive changes to scientific knowledge? Schiebinger provides a subtle and nuanced gender analysis of the physical sciences, medicine, archaeology, evolutionary biology, primatology, and developmental biology. She also shows that feminist scientists have developed new theories, asked new questions, and opened new fields in many of these areas."--Jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 252 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-245) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0674381130 (alk. paper) |