Friday Bookshelf: An Ecology of Enchantment
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This book is a pure joy from start to finish.
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You will be wanting to read my excellent essay, 'Suzy the Computer' vs. 'Dr. Sexy': What's a Geek Girl to Do When She Wants to Get Laid? in She's Such a Geek! Women Write About Science, Technology, and Other Nerdy Stuff.
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Friday Bookshelf: Becoming Leaders
Category: Friday Bookshelf
The focus of the handbook is not "how to succeed just like a man", but on how to manage the effects of gender dynamics and schemas.
Posted by Zuska at 6:50 PM • 8 Comments •
Friday Bookshelf: Gardening For Life
Category: Gardening For Life
The keys are native plants in a multi-storied landscape, from ground cover to perennials to shrubs to small and large trees.
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Friday Bookshelf: "On Her Own Terms"
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This week's Friday Bookshelf is actually a repeat of a blog post from the old blog site. It begins with a question: Who was Annie Montague Alexander?...
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Friday Bookshelf: The Best American Science Writing 2007
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What does it take to be included in The Best Science Writing 2007? Well, it helps if you write for the New Yorker or the New York Times. Eleven of 20 contributions selected for this volume originally appeared in the...
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Friday Bookshelf: James D. Watson Pens Second Historical Novel
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What really takes the cake is where Watson assigns the blame for Rosalind's inability to get the structure of DNA first.
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Friday Bookshelf: Triangulating Women in Math
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Three for the price of one in this week's Friday Bookshelf! Which maybe makes up a little for the complete lack of a Friday Bookshelf last week. First up is Lynn M. Osen's classic, originally published in 1974 and simply...
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Friday Bookshelf: Women, Science, and Technology
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How 'bout that? Diversity has a gender, and it's female.
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Friday Bookshelf: Strong Women Don't Ask For Help
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In each case, there was at least one woman in a position of power who brought the group into being.
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Friday Bookshelf - Maria Sibylla Merian
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When we search for our heroines, we don't have to come up with trailblazing supergoddesses.
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