Kaufholz-Soldat, Eva (Editor)
Oswald, Nicola M. R. (Editor)
Springer
Publication date: 2020
Language: English
Physical Details: 340
This book presents an overview of the ways in which women have been able to conduct mathematical research since the 18th century, despite their general exclusion from the sciences. Grouped into four thematic sections, the authors concentrate on well-known figures like Sophie Germain and Grace Chisholm Young, as well as those who have remained unnoticed by historians so far. Among them are Stanisława Nidodym, the first female students at the universities in Prague at the turn of the 20th century, and the first female professors of mathematics in Denmark. Highlighting individual biographies, couples in science, the situation at specific European universities, and sociological factors influencing specific careers from the 18th century to the present, the authors trace female mathematicians’ status as it evolved from singular and anomalous to virtually commonplace.The book also offers insights into the various obstacles women faced when trying to enter perhaps the “most male” discipline of all, and how some of them continue to shape young girls’ self-perceptions and career choices today. Thus, it will benefit scholars and students in STEM disciplines, gender studies and the history of science; women in science, mathematics and at institutions, and those working in mathematics education.
...MoreReview K. G. Valente (2021) Review of "Against All Odds: Women’s Ways to Mathematical Research Since 1800". Metascience: An International Review Journal for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science (pp. 499-502).
Chapter Martina Bečvářová; Eva Kaufholz-Soldat; Nicola M.R. Oswald (2020) Women and Mathematics at the Universities in Prague. In: Against All Odds: Women’s Ways to Mathematical Research Since 1800 (pp. 73-111).
Chapter Danuta Ciesielska; Eva Kaufholz-Soldat; Nicola M.R. Oswald (2020) Stanisława and Otton Nikodym. In: Against All Odds: Women’s Ways to Mathematical Research Since 1800 (pp. 151-175).
Chapter Lisbeth Fajstrup; Anne Katrine Gjerløff; Tinne Hoff Kjeldsen; Eva Kaufholz-Soldat; Nicola M.R. Oswald (2020) Living by Numbers: The Strategies and Life Stories of Mid-Twentieth Century Danish Women Mathematicians. In: Against All Odds: Women’s Ways to Mathematical Research Since 1800 (pp. 249-277).
Chapter Paola Govoni; Eva Kaufholz-Soldat; Nicola M.R. Oswald (2020) Hearsay, Not-So-Big Data and Choice: Understanding Science and Maths Through the Lives of Men Who Supported Women. In: Against All Odds: Women’s Ways to Mathematical Research Since 1800 (pp. 281-314).
Chapter Elisabeth Mühlhausen; Eva Kaufholz-Soldat; Nicola M.R. Oswald (2020) Grace Chisholm Young, William Henry Young, Their Results on the Theory of Sets of Points at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century, and a Controversy with Max Dehn. In: Against All Odds: Women’s Ways to Mathematical Research Since 1800 (pp. 121-132).
Chapter Annette B. Vogt; Eva Kaufholz-Soldat; Nicola M.R. Oswald (2020) Emma S. and Wladimir S. Woytinsky: An Unusual Couple in Statistics. In: Against All Odds: Women’s Ways to Mathematical Research Since 1800 (pp. 133-150).
Chapter Marjorie Senechal; Eva Kaufholz-Soldat; Nicola M.R. Oswald (2020) Dorothy Wrinch, 1894–1976. In: Against All Odds: Women’s Ways to Mathematical Research Since 1800 (pp. 231-248).
Chapter Jenny Boucard; Eva Kaufholz-Soldat; Nicola M.R. Oswald (2020) Arithmetic and Memorial Practices by and Around Sophie Germain in the 19th Century. In: Against All Odds: Women’s Ways to Mathematical Research Since 1800 (pp. 185-230).
Chapter Renate Tobies; Eva Kaufholz-Soldat; Nicola M.R. Oswald (2020) Internationality: Women in Felix Klein’s Courses at the University of Göttingen (1893–1920). In: Against All Odds: Women’s Ways to Mathematical Research Since 1800 (pp. 9-38).
Chapter Katharina Spieß; Eva Kaufholz-Soldat; Nicola M.R. Oswald (2020) Academic Education for Women at the University of Würzburg, Bavaria. In: Against All Odds: Women’s Ways to Mathematical Research Since 1800 (pp. 39-71).
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