The Outer circle : women in the scientific community / edited by Harriet Zuckerman, Jonathan R. Cole, John T. Bruer.

Date:
1992
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Publication/Creation

New Haven : Yale University Press, 1992.

Physical description

351 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes

Papers from 4 symposia held 1983-1986 at Stanford University, sponsored by the Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation

Contents

The careers of men and women scientists : a review of current research / Harriet Zuckerman -- Citation classics : women's and men's perceptions of their contributions to science / Helen S. Astin -- Interview with Salome Waelsch -- Interview with Andrea Dupree -- Interview with Sandra Panem -- Marriage, motherhood, and research performance in science / Jonathan R. Cole, Harriet Zuckerman -- Sex differences in careers : is science a special case? / William T. Bielby -- Gender, environmental milieu, and productivity in science / Mary Frank Fox -- Discrimination against women in science : the confusion of outcome with process / Stephen Cole, Robert Fiorentine -- The wo/man scientist : issues of sex and gender in the pursuit of science / Evelyn Fox Keller
Constraints on excellence : structural and cultural barriers to the recognition and demonstration of achievement / Cynthia Fuchs Epstein -- An uncertain inheritance / Owen M. Fiss -- A theory of limited differences : explaining the productivity puzzle in science / Jonathan R. Cole, Burton Singer.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [324]-340) and index

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  • 0300054394