商品簡介
Maybe the legendary hard-wiring of the brain is the cause of the continued lag between men and women in science; or perhaps raging hormonal imbalances are the cause, or, maybe, ongoing verbal and physical harassment. In these 15 essays with introduction and conclusion authors from a range of disciplines examine prevailing ideas, including the notions that women actually are breaking into science at unprecedented levels but statistics are slanted one way or the other; math and science are at least to some extent sex-linked traits; there are sex differences in personal attributes and cognition; social policy dictates participation; prenatal sex hormones determine career choices; and evolution has something to do with it. The result indicates the issue is probably too complex to attribute to a single cause or point of view. Annotation c2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
