Science and Gender : Evelyn Fox Keller /

When in the 1950s Evelyn Fox Keller ventured forth to become a scientist, she discovered it was a man's world. Training as a theoretical physicist and working in both mathematical biology and the history of science, she wondered why most scientists were men and why the language of science refle...

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Corporate Authors: Films Media Group, Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), Public Affairs Television (Firm)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group, [2010], c1988
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505 0 |a Ideology of Science (1:24) -- Language of Gender (0:58) -- Science: Male Dominance (0:58) -- Science: Male Objectivity (0:52) -- Anti-Science: Females (1:24) -- Anti-Feminine Idea Infect Science (1:15) -- Male Attributes and Science (1:18) -- Laws of Nature (0:53) -- Nature' Laws: Whose Laws? (1:24) -- Science and Human Values (1:07) -- Scientific Descriptions of Nature (1:09) -- Patterns Imprinted Onto Science (1:18) -- Women in Science (0:58) -- Barbara McClintock's Philosophy of Science (1:02) -- Metaphoric Language of Science (1:18) -- Metaphor of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" (0:49) -- Underlying Cultural Motif (1:39) -- Consequences of Understanding (1:02) -- Purpose of Human Genome Project (1:26) -- Science vs. Nature (0:56) -- Empowerment and Destruction Through Science (1:12) 
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