Paths to Discovery: Autobiographies from Chicanas with Careers in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering

Book Overview

In Paths to Discovery a group of extraordinary Chicanas trace how their interest in math and science at a young age developed into a passion fed by talent and determination. Today they are teaching at major universities, setting public and institutional policy, and pursuing groundbreaking research. These testimonios--personal stories--will encourage young Chicanas to enter the fields of mathematics, science, and engineering and to create futures in classrooms, boardrooms, and laboratories across the nation.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0895511193
• ISBN13: 9780895511195
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Press
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher