Women in Mathematics The Addition of Difference

"[This book] clearly has an appeal to specialists, but it is worth reading even if one's specialty is neither mathematics nor women. The book addresses a question of particular relevance in a pluralistic society: How does an exclusive community that has its own specialized language reach out to those on the outside and enfold them into the culture of the community?...[W]e in mathematics should be...grateful for this humanizing portrait of nine members of our profession."Henrion, Claudia is the author of 'Women in Mathematics The Addition of Difference', published 1997 under ISBN 9780253211194 and ISBN 0253211190.