Women and physics / Laura McCullough.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McCullough, Laura, author.

Series:

IOP Ebooks Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women physicists.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (121 pages)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Bristol, England : IOP Publishing, [2024]

Summary:

No other book brings together research on women and physics. This is the second edition of a volume that pulls together research on a variety of topics relating to gender and physics, collating the extant literature to provide a readable and concise grounding for the reader.

Contents:

Intro

Acknowledgements

Author biography

Laura McCullough

Chapter Introduction

References

Chapter Important notes about this book

2.1 Anglophone focus

2.2 Physics, science, STEM

2.3 Gender, sex, gender identity, gender presentation

2.4 Women, or women versus men?

2.5 Intersectionality

2.6 Hors d'oeuvres versus the plated meal

2.7 Emotions

2.8 My biases

Chapter Supporting theories

3.1 Unconscious bias

3.2 Stereotype threat

3.3 Sense of belonging

3.4 A science identity and self-efficacy

3.5 Other concepts

Chapter How many women are in physics?

4.1 Historical women in physics

4.2 When science was for women

4.3 Current trends in women's participation in physics

4.4 Secondary education

4.5 College/tertiary education

4.6 Postgraduate education

4.7 Careers

4.8 Conclusion

Chapter Home and family life

Chapter Education

6.1 Early science education

6.2 Extracurricular and informal science

6.3 High school physics education

6.4 Undergraduate physics education

6.5 Postgraduate physics education

Chapter Careers

7.1 Getting the job

7.2 Basic resources

7.3 Grant applications

7.4 Awards and honors

7.5 Publishing

7.6 Sexual harassment

7.7 Imposter phenomenon

7.8 Mentors and sponsors

7.9 Networking and advancement

7.10 Leadership

7.11 Other issues

Chapter Work-life balance

8.1 To have and to hold: marriage

8.2 The two-body problem/dual-career couples

8.3 To breed or not to breed: children

8.4 Housework and childcare

8.5 Career breaks and re-entry

8.6 COVID

8.7 Mental health

Chapter A history of the topic

9.1 Educating women in physics

9.2 Initiatives of note

9.3 Journals.

9.4 Leadership

9.5 Research

9.6 Gender presentation

9.7 How it's changed

Chapter The view through rose-colored glasses

Chapter The glass is half-empty

11.1 The nature of science

11.2 Climate for gender and diversity work

11.3 The old 'women are worse at math/science/ spatial reasoning because of biology' myth

Chapter Closing thoughts

References.

Notes:

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Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780750364355

0750364351

OCLC:

1455762940