Women and physics /

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"Version: 20160301"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. How many women are in physics? -- 2.1. Historical women in physics -- 2.2. High school physics/upper secondary physics -- 2.3. Current trends in women's participation in physics -- 2.4. College/tertiary education -- 2.5. Postgraduate education -- 2.6. Conclusion3. What helps, what hurts : family and education -- 3.1. Extra-curricular and informal science activities -- 3.2. Early science education -- 3.3. High school physics education -- 3.4. Undergraduate physics education -- 3.5. Postgraduate physics education4. What helps, what hurts : family and career -- 4.1. Choosing a job in physics -- 4.2. Leadership -- 4.3. Family and work/the balancing act -- 4.4. Resources5. The view through rose-colored glasses -- 6. The glass is half-empty -- 6.1. The nature of science -- 6.2. Covert discrimination -- 7. Closing thoughts.This book begins with an examination of the numbers of women in physics in English-speaking countries, moving on to examine factors that affect girls and their decision to continue in science, right through to education and on into the problems that women in physics careers face. Looking at all of these topics with one eye on the progress that the field has made in the past few years, and another on those things that we have yet to address, the book surveys the most current research as it tries to identify strategies and topics that have significant impact on issues that women have in the field.Also available in print.Mode of access: World Wide Web.System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.Laura McCullough is a Professor of Physics at the University of Wisconsin-Stout. She has a BA in physics from Hamline University, and an MS in physics from the University of Minnesota. Her PhD from the University of Minnesota is in Science Education with a focus on Physics Education Research.Title from PDF title page (viewed on May 6, 2016).

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1 online resource (various pagings) :illustrations (some color).

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English

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9781681742779

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530.082

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History of science.
SCIENCE / Physics / General.
Physics.
SCIENCE / History.
Women in physics.
Women physicists.

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Laura McCullough.

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