Nature's body: gender in the making of modern science
Auteur :
Schiebinger, Londa
Éditeur :
Rutgers University Press
ISBN :
9780813535319
Date de publication :
3 nov. 2004
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 2,2 cm
Poids :
399 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
18th-century natural historians created a peculiar but durable vision of nature, embodying the sexual and racial tensions of that era. Plants were found to reproduce sexually, and great apes were just becoming known. This text uncovers the ways in which assumptions about sex, and race have shaped scientific explanations of nature.