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In this fascinating synthesis of science, religion and gender politics wertheim demonstrates that, from its inception, physics has been an overwhelmingly male-dominated activity and continues to be so todayoxfam bookshop cheltenham why have men dominated science from the ancient greeks to the present day? in this searing work of revisionist feminist history, margaret wertheim finds the answer where god and physics meeton wertheim s guided and immensely accessible tour through the centuries-long development of physics, we learn how science, far from displacing the all-male priesthood, emulated it - and consequently how the physics lab became another vatican with a no-girls-allowed sign on its doorshe puts forward the startling hypothesis that gender inequity in physics is a result of the religious origins of the enterprisephysics, she reveals, is a science based on a conception of god as a divine mathematical creatora rare and welcome mix in science writing, combining impressively detailed historical knowledge with delightful readability and fuelling it all with that rarest of ingredients in this genre, a deeply felt moral and feminist passionsee oxfam website for delivery information read more susan faludi, author of backlashand in line with christian institutions it has historically been closed to women
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Van lansberge and the amount on the note is no less than ƒ ! the amount was paid through various commissions, places, wertheim & gompertz amsterdam, simon zadoks & znbeautiful, quite rare promissory note (slave letter), numbered 374, ‘suriname den 2 december ’, issued and signed by the governor of the suriname colony as a compensation to slave owners for the abolition of slavery inprobably in englandthe rarity with extra foreign bill stamp is more importantare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiof course with signs of ageour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablecondition: the document is in good condition, with only a few folds, a restored tear and some pinholes, as usualwill be carefully packaged and shipped with track and tracethis promissory note, somewhat smaller than usual, is signed by rdordrecht and signatories, iplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitevery rare is that this note, on the front, has a large english tax stamp of no less than fifteen shillings, with initials and date, which is quite rare! with the partly covered image, by the foreign bill stamp, of the three-master and many remarks, no vignette on verso which is strange, dry stamp and stamps, extremely interesting historical documentphotos are part of the description
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