Mathematics of Sex: How Biology and Society Conspire to Limit Talented Women and Girls

by Stephen J. Ceci and Wendy M. Williams

Book Overview

Nearly half of all physicians and biologists are females, as are the majority of new psychologists, veterinarians, and dentists, suggesting that women have achieved equality with men in the workforce. But the ranks of professionals in math-intensive careers remain lopsidedly male; up to 93% of tenure-track academic positions in some of the most mathematically-oriented fields are held by men.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195389395
• ISBN13: 9780195389395
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: OUP Us
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.3"