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- From: mkagalen@lynx.dac.northeastern.edu (michael kagalenko)
- Newsgroups: sci.physics
- Subject: Re: female mentors in science
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.230411.3123@lynx.dac.northeastern.edu>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 23:04:11 GMT
- References: <1993Jan26.185720.8055@netcom.com>
- Organization: Northeastern University, Boston, MA. 02115, USA
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- In article <1993Jan26.185720.8055@netcom.com> barinaga@netcom.com (Marcia Barinaga) writes:
- >I am a reporter with Science magazine, and am preparing articles
- >for an upcoming special news section on women in science.
- >
- >I am looking for an example of a female scientist who has left
- >her mark on a field by attracting, inspiring and training female
- >scientists. I have heard that in some fields, particularly those
- > .......................
- >Also, for a related article in the same issue, I am seeking
- >comments from both male and female scientists on the
- >question of whether women approach science differently than
- >men. I know this is a controversial question, and am hoping
- >to present a range of views on it. Do women have different
- >styles of conducting science, or even different intellectual
- >approaches that may enrich their fields either through
- >added diversity, or as an example men might learn from?
- >
- All this talk about "female science" looks suspiciously similar to
- other well known distinctions : "Ariahn" vs "Non-Ariahn", "proletarian"
- vs "bourgeous" science....
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