![]() ![]() ![]() Each woman's mathematical contributions are explained in terms that are easily understandable by a high school or college student interested in what a mathematics career may be like. Each one illustrates the path followed, not just professionally but also personally. Each gives a very human and encompassing picture of the whole woman - as mathematician, teacher, mother, wife or partner. Much of this material comes from personal interviews, and thus goes beyond each woman's mathematics to discuss the person behind the mathematics. The emphasis, however, is on contemporary women mathematicians: of the 59, 40 are currently living and working in the field of mathematics or mathematics education in the US or in Europe. ![]() To this end, they have collected biographical information on 59 women mathematicians, spanning the last 2000 years. The goal of the editors, stated on page xv, is admirable: to encourage more girls into mathematics and to spark enthusiasm for the field in all students. The result is a valuable book for and about women in mathematics at a level suitable for high school and early college students that celebrates the diversity present in the community of women mathematicians. This new book complements the other two by emphasizing the human element. Until recently, Women of Mathematics: A Biobibliographic Sourcebook, 1987, edited by Louise Grinstein and Paul Campbell (also from Greenwood Press), and Teri Perl's Women, Numbers and Dreams were practically the only two reference works on women in mathematics. ![]()
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