Title (eng)

Gender in Science and Technology: Interdisciplinary Approaches

Editor

Waltraud Ernst

Ilona Horwath

Publishing

transcript Verlag

Description (deu)

Was ist die Wirkungsweise von Geschlecht in naturwissenschaftlicher Forschung und der Entwicklung neuer Technologien? Das Buch präsentiert methodologische Expertise, Forschungserfahrungen und empirische Ergebnisse im dynamischen Feld der Naturwissenschafts- und Technologieforschung. Themen umfassen die Entwicklung von Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien, Erkenntnisprozesse in der Biologie und der Chemiegeschichte, Didaktik der Mathematik und Entwicklungen in den Ingenieurberufen.

Description (eng)

What role does gender play in scientific research and the development of new technologies? This book provides methodological expertise, research experiences and empirical findings in the dynamic field of Science and Technology Studies. Topics range from the design of information and communication technologies, epistemologies of biology and history of chemistry to teaching mathematics and professional processes in engineering.

Object languages

English

Date

2014-01

Rights

This work is licensed under a
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Austria License.

CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 AT

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/at/

Classification

Gender; innovation research; science; technology; engineering

ÖFOS 2002 -- HUMANITIES (6) -- Other and interdisciplinary Humanities (69) -- Gender studies (humanities) (6912)

ÖFOS 2002 -- SOCIAL SCIENCES (5) -- Sociology (54) -- Gender studies (5433)

ÖFOS 2002 -- TECHNICAL SCIENCES (2) -- Other and interdisciplinary Technical Sciences (29) -- Gender studies (technical sciences) (2971)

ÖFOS 2002 -- HUMAN MEDICINE (3) -- Other and interdisciplinary Human Medicine (39) -- Gender studies (human medicine) (3930)

BIC Standard Subject Categories -- Society & social sciences (J) -- Society & culture: general (JF) -- Social groups (JFS) -- Gender studies, gender groups (JFSJ)

BIC Standard Subject Categories -- Mathematics & science (P) -- Science: general issues (PD) -- Impact of science & technology on society (PDR)