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Presents the career histories of 38 professional women describing how much math each took in high school and college, how she chose her field of study, and how she ended up in her current job. Each woman presents several problems typical of those she had to solve on the job using mathematics.
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Some 40 professional women, in fields such as software engineering, archaeology, computer science, nursing, astronomy, physics, and mathematics, describe their career and educational histories and present several typical math problems they encounter in their day-to-day work, with solutions. Their first-hand accounts of the importance of their advanced studies in high school and college, plus the b&w photos of contributors, many pictured in their domestic roles with children, can inspire undergraduate students. No index. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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