About the Book:Through the prism of gender, this text explores the contrasting cultures and practice of mathematics and science and asks how they impacted on women. Claire Jones assesses nineteenth-century ideas about women’s intellect, femininity and masculinity, and assesses how these attitudes shaped women’s experiences as students and practitioners.Table of Contents: List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction The ‘glamour’ of a ‘wrangler’: Women and Mathematics at Girton College, Cambridge Women at the ‘Shrine of Pure Thought’ Professional or Pedestal?: Hertha Ayrton, a Woman among the Engineers Collaboration, Reputation and the Business ofMathematics The Laboratory: A Suitable Place for a Woman?: Women, Masculinity and Laboratory Culture The Mathematics of Gender: Women, Participation and the Mathematical Community Bodies of Controversy: Women and the Royal Society of London Conclusion Notes Bibliography