Gendered innovations in science and engineering / edited by Londa Schiebinger.

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, [2008], ©2008.

xii, 244 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Introduction: getting more women into science and engineering - knowledge issues / Londa Schiebinger -- When gender criticism becomes standard scientific practice: the case of sex determination genetics / Sarah S. Richardson -- One thing leads to another: gendering research in archaeology / Margaret W. Conkey -- Sex matters: letting skeletons tell the story / Lori D. Hager -- Change around the edges: gender analysis, feminist methods, and sciences of terrestrial environments / Louise Fortmann, Heidi Ballard, Louise Sperling -- Feminist perspectives on geographic information systems: implications for geographic research / Mei-Po Kwan -- Stem cells, women, and the new gender and science / Charis Thompson -- If you meet the expectations of women, you exceed the expectations of men: how Volvo designed a car for women customers and made world headlines / Tatiana Butovitsch Temm -- Are photons gendered? Women in physics and astronomy / C. Megan Urry -- "A very scholarly intervention": recruiting women faculty in science and engineering / Danielle LaVaque-Manty, Abigail J. Stewart -- Building two-way streets to implement policies that work for gender and science / Sue V. Rosser -- Projects of the National Academies on Women in Science and Engineering / France A. Córdova.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-234) and index.