UID:
almahu_9949526286202882
Format:
Online-Ressource (287 S.)
Edition:
1. Aufl.
Series Statement:
Interfacing Science, Literature, and the Humanities ACUME 2 Band 009
Content:
Main description: Following discussions on scientific biography carried out over the past few decades, this book proposes a kaleidoscopic survey of the uses of biography as a tool to understand science and its context. It offers food for thought on the role played by the gender of the biographer and the biographee in the process of writing. To provide orientation in such a challenging field, some of the authors have accepted to write about their own professional experience while reflecting on the case studies they have been working on. Focusing on (auto)biography may help us to build bridges between different approaches to men and women's lives in science. The authors belong to a variety of academic and professional fields, including the history of science, anthropology, literary studies, and science journalism. The period covered spans from 1732, when Laura Bassi was the first woman to get a tenured professorship of physics, to 2009, when Elizabeth H. Blackburn and Carol W. Greider were the first women's team to have won a Nobel Prize in science.; Promotional text: Following discussions on scientific biography carried out over the past few decades, this book proposes a kaleidoscopic survey of the uses of biography as a tool to understand science and its context. It offers food for thought on the role played by the gender of the biographer and the biographee in the process of writing. To provide orientation in such a challenging field, some of the authors have accepted to write about their own professional experience while reflecting on the case studies they have been working on. Focusing on (auto)biography may help us to build bridges between different approaches to men and women's lives in science. The authors belong to a variety of academic and professional fields, including the history of science, anthropology, literary studies, and science journalism.; Biographical note: Zelda Alice Franceschi is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Bologna. Paola Govoni is Assistant Professor of History of Science at the University of Bologna.
Content:
Short description: This book discusses gendered (auto)biography as a new tool for science studies
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783737002639
Language:
German
DOI:
10.14220/9783737002639
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.14220/9783737002639
