Pythagoras' Trousers

Pythagoras' Trousers
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Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages : 336
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ISBN-10 : 0393317242
ISBN-13 : 9780393317244
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Download or read book Pythagoras' Trousers written by Margaret Wertheim and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1997 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An "immensely accessible tour (which tells) how the physics lab became another Vatican with a no-girls-allowed sign on its door" (Susan Faludi) this spirited look at the relationship between physics and religion argues that gender inequity in physics is a result of the religious origins of the enterprise.


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