Writing about Lives in Science : (Auto)Biography, Gender, and Genre / Pnina G. Abir-Am, Marta Cavazza, Georgina Ferry, Paula Findlen, Vita Fortunati, Evelyn Fox Keller, Paola Govoni, Zelda Alice Franceschi, Massimo Mazzotti, Londa Schiebinger, Paola Govoni, Zelda Alice Franceschi
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...
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