The Paucity of Women In Science
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jazzy_daveIs it me or is it a fact that there just too few woman writers in science. This was made clear to me about my list of fifty books chosen, and apart form Lisa Randall, i am struggling to come up with many female names in the physics, astronomy and cosmology fields, apart from Heather Cooper.
Fiction is only a small part of my reading habits, and generally, i am put off by front covers on paperbacks and hardbacks that look as if they are only aimed at females. Even with philosophy one is hard pressed to come up with a female author.
In the field of history things are improving with fine historians such as Lucy Worsley, but in general , apart from science fiction female intellectuals seem to be rather thin, or am i just looking in the wrong direction?
Fiction is only a small part of my reading habits, and generally, i am put off by front covers on paperbacks and hardbacks that look as if they are only aimed at females. Even with philosophy one is hard pressed to come up with a female author.
In the field of history things are improving with fine historians such as Lucy Worsley, but in general , apart from science fiction female intellectuals seem to be rather thin, or am i just looking in the wrong direction?
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