The exceptions : Nancy Hopkins, MIT, and the fight for women in science
by Zernike, Kate (Author)
Summary
"In 1999, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology admitted to discriminating against its most senior female scientists. It was a seismic cultural event--one that forced institutions across the nation to reckon with the bias faced by girls and women in STEM. The Exceptions is the story of the women... Full description
Summary: |
"In 1999, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology admitted to discriminating against its most senior female scientists. It was a seismic cultural event--one that forced institutions across the nation to reckon with the bias faced by girls and women in STEM. The Exceptions is the story of the women on MIT's faculty who started it all, centered on the life and career of their unlikely leader: Nancy Hopkins, a noted molecular geneticist and cancer researcher and protégée of James Watson, the codiscoverer of the structure of DNA." -- from dust jacket. |
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Physical Description: |
xvi, 409 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references (page 371-392) and index. |
ISBN: |
9781982131838 1982131837 |
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