Screen LibraryBreaking into the lab : engineering progress for women in science /
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| Published: |
New York University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New York : |
| Publication Dates: |
2014. c2012 |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Item Description: | Originally published: 2012. |
| Carrier Form: | ix, 251 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781479809202 (paperback : alkaline paper) : 1479809209 (paperback : alkaline paper) 9780814776452 (cloth : alkaline paper) 9780814771525 (ebk) 9780814771532 (ebk) |
| Index Number: | Q130 |
| CLC: | K837.126.1 |
| Call Number: | K837.126.1/R828 |
| Contents: | Acknowledgments -- Introduction : why women in science are still controversial after thirty years -- Starting careers : plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose -- Positive interventions from mentors and mentoring networks -- New filters for senior women scientists -- Advancing women scientists to senior leadership positions -- The gender gap in patents -- The impact that women have made on science and technology -- Conclusion: women in science are critical for society -- Appendix A: grants to support women scientists cited in this book -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the author. |