Compressing an enormous amount of information--over 400 studies--into a readable, engaging account suitable for parents, educators, and policymakers, this book advances the debate about women in science unlike any other book before it. Bringing together important research from such diverse fields as endocrinology, economics, sociology, education, genetics, and psychology, the authors show that two factors--the parenting choices women (but not men) have to make, and the tendency of women to choose people-oriented fields like ...
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Compressing an enormous amount of information--over 400 studies--into a readable, engaging account suitable for parents, educators, and policymakers, this book advances the debate about women in science unlike any other book before it. Bringing together important research from such diverse fields as endocrinology, economics, sociology, education, genetics, and psychology, the authors show that two factors--the parenting choices women (but not men) have to make, and the tendency of women to choose people-oriented fields like medicine--largely account for the under-representation of women in the hard sciences.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Ex-library. Glued binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 270 p. Contains: Unspecified, Figures. Audience: General/trade. LCCN 2009006415 Type of material Book Personal name Ceci, Stephen J. Main title The mathematics of sex: how biology and society conspire to limit talented women and girls / Stephen J. Ceci and Wendy M. Williams. Published/Created Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2010. Description xv, 270 p. : ill.; 25 cm. ISBN 9780195389395 0195389395 LC classification HQ1397. C43 2010 Related names Williams, Wendy M. (Wendy Melissa), 1960-Review "Nearly half of all physicians and biologists are females, as are the majority of new psychologists, veterinarians, and dentists, suggesting that women have achieved equality with men in the workforce. But the ranks of professionals in math-intensive careers remain lopsidedly male; up to 93% of tenure-track academic positions in some of the most mathematically-oriented fields are held by men. Three main explanations have been advanced to explain the dearth of women in math-intensive careers, and in The Mathematics of Sex Stephen J. Ceci and Wendy M. Williams describe and dissect the evidence for each." "The first explanation involves innate ability-male brains are physiologically optimized to perform advanced mathematical and spatial operations; the second is that social and cultural biases inhibit females' training and success in mathematical fields; the third alleges that women are less interested in math-intensive careers than are men, preferring people-oriented pursuits. Drawing on research in endocrinology, economics, sociology, education, genetics, and psychology to arrive at their own unique, evidence-based conclusion, the authors argue that the problem is due to certain choices that women (but not men) are compelled to make in our society; that women tend not to favor math-intensive careers for certain reasons, and that sex differences in math and spatial ability cannot adequately explain the scarcity of women in these fields." "The Mathematics of Sex represents the first time such a thorough synthesis of data has been carried out to solve the puzzle of women's under-representation in mathintensive careers. The result is a readable, engaging account suitable not only for academics in an array of disciplines, but for general readers as well-including educators, science policymakers, parents of daughters, and anyone intellectually curious about a key controversy of our time."--BOOK JACKET. Contents A multidimensional problem--Opening arguments: environment--Opening arguments: biology--Challenges to the environmental position--Challenges to the biological position--Background and trend data--Comparisons across societies, cultures, and developmental stages--Conclusions and synthesis--What next? Research and policy recommendations. LC Subjects Women in mathematics--Social aspects. Women in science--Social aspects. Notes Includes bibliographical references and index. Dewey class no. 305.43/5 Other system no. (OCoLC)ocn310171829
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