Writing about Lives in Science
(Auto)Biography, Gender, and Genre
Contributions by Pnina G. Abir-Am Contributions by Marta Cavazza Contributions by Georgina Ferry Contributions by Paula Findlen Contributions by Vita Fortunati Contributions by Evelyn Fox Keller Contributions by Paola Govoni Contributions by Zelda Alice Franceschi Contributions by Massimo Mazzotti Contributions by Londa Schiebinger Edited by Paola Govoni Edited by Zelda Alice Franceschi
Hardback (Published)
(May 2014)
ISBN: 9783847102632
6.3 x 9.45 inches
Price: $82.00
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Following discussions on scientific biography carried out over the past few decades, this book proposes a kaleidoscopic survey of the uses of biography as a tool to understand science and its context. It offers food for thought on the role played by the gender of the biographer and the biographee in the process of writing. To provide orientation in such a challenging field, some of the authors have accepted to write about their own professional experience while reflecting on the case studies they have been working on. Focusing on (auto)biography may help us to build bridges between different approaches to men and women’s lives in science. The authors belong to a variety of academic and professional fields, including the history of science, anthropology, literary studies, and science journalism. The period covered spans from 1732, when Laura Bassi was the first woman to get a tenured professorship of physics, to 2009, when Elizabeth H. Blackburn and Carol W. Greider were the first women’s team to have won a Nobel Prize in science.
- Contributions by Pnina G. Abir-Am
- Contributions by Marta Cavazza
- Contributions by Georgina Ferry
- Contributions by Paula Findlen
- Contributions by Vita Fortunati
- Contributions by Evelyn Fox Keller
- Contributions by Paola Govoni
- Contributions by Zelda Alice Franceschi
- Contributions by Massimo Mazzotti
- Contributions by Londa Schiebinger
- Edited by Paola Govoni
- Edited by Zelda Alice Franceschi
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