Aug 28, 2009
Indian Women in Science
There was a book review in this week’s Nature that I had to pass along (link, sadly, for subscribers only, but you get the first few lines of it). It reviewed a book, Lilavati’s Daughters: The Women Scientists of India, published by the Indian Academy of Sciences.
If you like, the whole of Lilavati’s Daughters can be found at the IAS’ website here. Some of the autobiographical essays that I’ve read–and I haven’t read them all–are just great. So good, in fact, that I’m thinking I might buy the book (available from Scholar Without Borders). Sure there is a slight (okay, whopping) premium over the base price of Rs300 to get it here, but $25 is worth a great book. Plus, I suppose I see buying a book like this as a show of support for women in science.
Even if they are all usually smarter than me. Damn you, nerds of the fairer sex!
Yours in women in science,
Matt
You are just asking to be blogrolled, Mister Oh So Boring…
Ooh, blogroll! Make mine with horseradish and tomatoes!
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“Yours in women in science?”
That’s what he said.