Lars Jaeger: Women of Genius in Science

Cover: 9783031239250 | Women of Genius in Science | Lars Jaeger | Taschenbuch | xii | 2023

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Beschreibung

Although women participated in shaping scientific thinking from the outset, they very rarely became visible. This imbalance continues today, although there are currently more female scientists than ever before. Lars Jaeger spans an arc from antiquity to the present day and portrays the lives and work of the most important female scientists and mathematicians in essay-like introductions. From Hypatia of Alexandria to Emmy Noether and Lisa Randall, they have all achieved great things, decisively advanced science and yet often could not step out of the shadow of their male colleagues.
In addition to the exciting portraits of the individual women scientists, the book also sheds light on gender relations in science and their agonisingly slow evolution in favour of women.

Über den Autor

Dr Lars Jaeger, 53, studied physics, mathematics, philosophy and history in Bonn and Paris and spent several years researching in theoretical physics, particularly in the field of quantum field theories and chaos theory (University of Bonn, Max Planck Institute for Physics of Complex Systems Dresden). He has lived near Zurich for more than 25 years, where he has built up two companies of his own, using mathematical methods to model global capital markets and construct systemic trading models from them. His enthusiasm for the natural sciences and philosophy has, however, never left him. He has written ten books on various topics (history and philosophy of science and technology, future technologies, issues of technologies). In his widely read blog as well as other media he frequently writes on issues concerning current scientific developments, new technologies, and their meaning for society (see [...] for all books and blogs). He lives in the canton of Zug.

Zusammenfassung

Substantial biographies and career details of all protagonists

Explores the issues facing women scientists, historically and today

Includes accessible descriptions of the science and mathematics, presented in lively manner

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Hypatia of Alexandria.- 2. Hildegard von Bingen.- 3. Émilie du Châtelet.- 4. Laura Bassi.- 5. Sophie Germain.- 6. Caroline Herschel.- 7. Ada Lovelace.- 8. Sofja Kowalevskaja.- 9. Marie Curie.- 10. Lise Meitner.- 11. Emmy Noether.- 12. Grete Hermann.- 13. Chien-Shiung Wu.- 14. Rosalind Franklin.-15. Jane Goodall.- 16. Jocelyn Bell Burnell.- 17. Lisa Randall.- 18. Maryam Mirzakhani.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2023
Genre:	Geisteswissenschaften , Geschichte , Kunst , Musik
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	xii 218 S. 1 s/w Illustr. 218 p. 1 illus.
ISBN-13:	9783031239250
ISBN-10:	3031239253
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Jaeger, Lars
Hersteller:	Springer Springer International Publishing AG
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, D-69121 Heidelberg, juergen.hartmann@springer.com
Maße:	235 x 155 x 13 mm
Von/Mit:	Lars Jaeger
Erscheinungsdatum:	14.01.2023
Gewicht:	0,359 kg