Power Politics and Gender in Twentieth Century Science. This volume explores why certain people are made invisible, and how their labour and expertise are obscured. It examines how the concealment of identities and social relations powerfully shape the meaning and credibility of social and scientific knowledge.

This book explores how and why some people and practices are made invisible in science, featuring 25 case studies and commentaries that explore how invisibility can bolster or undermine credibility, how race, gender, class, and nation frame who can see what, how invisibility empowers and marginalizes, and the epistemic ramifications of concealment.