Kate Zernike
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Audio
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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Description
A New York Times Notable Book
As late as 1999, women who succeeded in science were called "exceptional" as if it were unusual for them to be so bright. They were exceptional, not because they could succeed at science but because of all they accomplished despite the hurdles.
"Gripping...one puts down the book inspired by the women's grit, tenacity, and brilliance." —Science
"Riveting."...
As late as 1999, women who succeeded in science were called "exceptional" as if it were unusual for them to be so bright. They were exceptional, not because they could succeed at science but because of all they accomplished despite the hurdles.
"Gripping...one puts down the book inspired by the women's grit, tenacity, and brilliance." —Science
"Riveting."...
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"In 1999, Nancy Hopkins, a noted molecular geneticist and cancer researcher at MIT, found herself underpaid and denied the credit and resources given to men of lesser rank. Galvanized by the flagrant favoritism, Hopkins led a group of sixteen women on the faculty in a campaign that prompted MIT to make the historic admission that it had long discriminated against female scientists. The MIT sixteen were formidable in their respective fields: their...