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For better or for worse? Collaborative couples in the sciences. (English) Zbl 1245.01029

Science Networks. Historical Studies 44. Basel: Birkhäuser (ISBN 978-3-0348-0285-7/hbk; 978-3-0348-0286-4/ebook). xiv, 319 p. (2012).
Articles by various authors examine couples (mostly, but not exclusively, husband-and-wife, and all no longer alive) who collaborated, in some form or other, on scientific work. Most of the case studies come from biology, chemistry, and social sciences. Mathematics and mathematicians receive short shrift, making just a handful of brief appearances – in one of which Mary Somerville is identified as a “mathematics expositor”.

MSC:

01A80 Sociology (and profession) of mathematics
01A70 Biographies, obituaries, personalia, bibliographies
01A55 History of mathematics in the 19th century
01A60 History of mathematics in the 20th century
01-06 Proceedings, conferences, collections, etc. pertaining to history and biography
00B15 Collections of articles of miscellaneous specific interest
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