Gender and technoscience: A historical perspective

Journal of Technology Management and Innovation

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 152-165

  Abir Am, Pnina Geraldine ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Covert discrimination; Gender; History; Parity; Power relations; Public memory; Technoscience; Women scientists

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953626019     PISSN: None     EISSN: 07182724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0718-27242010000100012     Document Type: Article

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