World without Women - Softcover

"Fascinating, informative, utterly persuasive."--Benita Eisler "Learned, Challenging, and provocative. A wonderful book."--Blanche Wiesen Cook, author of Eleanor Roosevelt "This is an important book because it reaches into the deep reasons that led to the male dominance of Western science and shows that the outcome, like so much in history, was contingent. It did not have to turn out the way it did--and by clear implication, it does not have to be the same in the future."--Daniel J. Kevles "A fascinating and provocative book."--Natalie Z. Davis "Noble takes a bold, important step toward explaining the current minor role of women in science by placing the blame squarely on the shoulders of the monastically oriented male-dominated Christian church....Likely to be controversial...highly recommended."--Library Journal "An exciting history."--Publishers Weekly "An original, ambitious project that brings together scholarship from the history of science, religion, and women's studies to present the vicissitudes of almost 2,000 years of calumny that defined women as unfit to devote their lives to study, especially the study of nature."--Bettyann Kevles, Newsday "This is not a book to be read in haste. It should be considered carefully and discussed thoroughly - and women should remember its content!"--Professor Anne M. Butler, Utah State University "Very useful in bringing out certain themes important to the course i teach. Well written and clear."--Pat Smith Wasyliw, Ithica College "Fascinating, informative, utterly persuasive."--Benita Eisler "Learned, Challenging, and provocative. A wonderful book."--Blanche Wiesen Cook, author of Eleanor Roosevelt "This is an important book because it reaches into the deep reasons that led to the male dominance of Western science and shows that the outcome, like so much in history, was contingent. It did not have to turn out the way it did--and by clear implication, it does not have to be the same in the future."--Daniel J. Kevles "A fascinating and provocative book."--Natalie Z. Davis "Noble takes a bold, important step toward explaining the current minor role of women in science by placing the blame squarely on the shoulders of the monastically oriented male-dominated Christian church....Likely to be controversial...highly recommended."--Library Journal "An exciting history."--Publishers Weekly "An original, ambitious project that brings together scholarship from the history of science, religion, and women's studies to present the vicissitudes of almost 2,000 years of calumny that defined women as unfit to devote their lives to study, especially the study of nature."--Bettyann Kevles, Newsday "This is not a book to be read in haste. It should be considered carefully and discussed thoroughly - and women should remember its content!"--Professor Anne M. Butler, Utah State University "Very useful in bringing out certain themes important to the course i teach. Well written and clear."--Pat Smith Wasyliw, Ithica College "Fascinating, informative, utterly persuasive."--Benita Eisler "Learned, Challenging, and provocative. A wonderful book."--Blanche Wiesen Cook, author of Eleanor Roosevelt "This is an important book because it reaches into the deep reasons that led to the male dominance of Western science and shows that the outcome, like so much in history, was contingent. It did not have to turn out the way it did--and by clear implication, it does not have to be the same in the future."--Daniel J. Kevles "A fascinating and provocative book."--Natalie Z. Davis "Noble takes a bold, important step toward explaining the current minor role of women in science by placing the blame squarely on the shoulders of the monastically oriented male-dominated Christian church....Likely to be controversial...highly recommended."--Library Journal "An exciting history."--Publishers Weekly "An original, ambitious project that brings together scholarship from the history of science, religion, and women's studies to present the vicissitudes of almost 2,000 years of calumny that defined women as unfit to devote their lives to study, especially the study of nature."--Bettyann Kevles, Newsday "This is not a book to be read in haste. It should be considered carefully and discussed thoroughly - and women should remember its content!"--Professor Anne M. Butler, Utah State University "Very useful in bringing out certain themes important to the course i teach. Well written and clear."--Pat Smith Wasyliw, Ithica College "Fascinating, informative, utterly persuasive."--Benita Eisler "Learned, Challenging, and provocative. A wonderful book."--Blanche Wiesen Cook, author of Eleanor Roosevelt "This is an important book because it reaches into the deep reasons that led to the male dominance of Western science and shows that the outcome, like so much in history, was contingent. It did not have to turn out the way it did--and by clear implication, it does not have to be the same in the future."--Daniel J. Kevles "A fascinating and provocative book."--Natalie Z. Davis "Noble takes a bold, important step toward explaining the current minor role of women in science by placing the blame squarely on the shoulders of the monastically oriented male-dominated Christian church....Likely to be controversial...highly recommended."--Library Journal "An exciting history."--Publishers Weekly "An original, ambitious project that brings together scholarship from the history of science, religion, and women's studies to present the vicissitudes of almost 2,000 years of calumny that defined women as unfit to devote their lives to study, especially the study of nature."--Bettyann Kevles, Newsday "This is not a book to be read in haste. It should be considered carefully and discussed thoroughly - and women should remember its content!"--Professor Anne M. Butler, Utah State University "Very useful in bringing out certain themes important to the course i teach. Well written and clear."--Pat Smith Wasyliw, Ithica College

Noble provides the first full-scale investigation of the origins and implications of the masculine culture of Western science and technology and, in the process, offers some surprising revelations. Essential reading for anyone concerned not only with the world of science, but about the world that science has made.