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Evelyn Fox Keller (March 20, 1936 - present)

  • Published Reflections on Gender and Science

    This groundbreaking work explores the possibilities of a gender-free science and the conditions that could make such a possibility a reality.
    Keller, Evelyn Fox. Reflections on Gender and Science. Yale University Press, 1995.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RS0YE1cos98
  • Published Secrets of Life/Secrets of Death: Essays on Language, Gender and Science

    This book traces the development of the author's thoughts since her book Reflections on Gender and Science. These essays represent her attempts to integrate the insight of feminist theory with those of her contemporaries in the history and philosophy of science.
    Keller, Evelyn Fox. Secrets of Life, Secrets of Death: Essays on Language, Gender and Science. Routledge, 2009.
  • Published Making Sense of Life : Explaining Biological Development with Models, Metaphors, and Machines

    Keller’s goal is to understand how researchers explain the phenomena they study. Such as what constitutes elements of an explanation and what elements do not contribute to explanation.
    The book focuses on how certain assumptions influence the types of data that researchers collect and how they interpret that information in pursuit of explanations.
    Keller, Evelyn Fox. Making Sense of Life: Explaining Biological Development with Models, Metaphors, and Machines. Harvard Univ. Press, 2003
  • Published The Mirage of a Space between Nature and Nurture.

    In this book Evelyn Fox Keller addresses the nature-nurture debates, including the persistent disputes regarding the roles played by genes and the environment in determining individual traits and behavior.
    Keller, Evelyn Fox. The Mirage of a Space between Nature and Nurture. Duke University Press, 2010.