Marla Parker
Auteur de She Does Math!: Real-Life Problems from Women on the Job
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She Does Math!: Real-Life Problems from Women on the Job (1995) — Directeur de publication — 17 exemplaires
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This is the perfect book to counter two very prevalent stereotypes: one, that women can’t or shouldn’t do math, and two, that the math we learn in school can’t help us in real life. In it, 38 women, with 38 different careers, explain how they have used math in their work, and give examples of applied math problems they have had to solve on a daily basis in the course of their work. As Parker writes in her introduction, “Here is a collection of concrete answers to the question, ‘Why should I take math?’”… (plus d'informations)