Evelyn Fox Keller (*1936) is an American physicist, author and feminist and is currently a Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Keller has also taught at the State University of New York and in the department of rhetoric at the University of California, Berkeley. Physicists working in a government lab A physicist is a scientist who is a practitioner of physics. ... Feminism is a social theory and political movement primarily informed and motivated by the experience of women. ... The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, or MIT, is a private research university located in the city of Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Its mission and culture are guided by an emphasis on teaching and research grounded in practical applications of science and technology. ... The State University of New York (acronym SUNY; usually pronounced SOO-nee) is a system of public institutions of higher education in New York, United States. ... Rhetoric (from Greek ρήτωρ, rhêtôr, orator, teacher) is the art or technique of persuasion, usually through the use of language. ... The University of California, Berkeley (also known as UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, and by other names, see below) is the oldest and flagship campus of the ten-campus University of California system. ...

Keller received her B.A. in physics from Brandeis University in 1957 and continued her studies in theoretical physics at Harvard University graduating with a Ph.D. in 1963. She became interested in molecular biology during a visit to Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory while completing her Ph.D. dissertation. Her subsequent research has focussed on the history and philosophy of modern biology and on gender and science. A Bachelor of Arts (B.A. or A.B.) is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course or program in the arts and/or sciences. ... Brandeis University is a private university in Waltham, Massachusetts, United States. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Theoretical physics employs mathematical models and abstractions, as opposed to experimental processes, in an attempt to understand Nature. ... Harvard University campus (old map) Harvard University (incorporated as The President and Fellows of Harvard College) is an accredited private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. ... Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... Molecular biology is the study of biology at a molecular level. ... The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) is a research and educational institution, consisting of science laboratories located in Cold Spring Harbor, New York on Long Island, USA. The Laboratory has research programs focusing on cancer, neurobiology, plant genetics, genomics and bioinformatics, and has a broad educational mission, including the recently... This article is about the thesis in dialectics and academia. ... The word gender describes the state of being male, female, or neither. ...

Published works

• A Feeling for the Organism: The Life and Work of Barbara McClintock. Freeman, 1983.
• Reflections on Gender and Science. Yale University Press, 1985.
• Three cultures : fifteen lectures on the confrontation of academic cultures, The Hague : Univ. Pers Rotterdam, 1989.
• Secrets of Life/Secrets of Death: Essays on Language, Gender and Science. Routledge, 1992.
• Refiguring Life: Metaphors of Twentieth-century Biology. The Wellek Library Lecture Series at the University of California, Irvine. Columbia University Press, 1995.
• The Century of the Gene. Harvard University Press, 2000.
• Making Sense of Life : Explaining Biological Development with Models, Metaphors, and Machines. Harvard University Press, 2002.

External links

• Evelyn Fox Keller: Historical, Psychological and Philosophical Intersections in the Study of Gender and Science
• Jewish Women and the Feminist Revolution from the Jewish Women's Archive