书籍信息
书籍信息
- 作者：Rita Colwell
- 出版时间：2020-8-4
- ISBN：9781501181276
书籍介绍
Arivetingmemoir-manifestofromthefirstfemaledirectoroftheNationalScienceFoundationabouttheentrenchedsexisminscience,theelaboratedetourswomenhavetakentobypasstheproblem,andhowtofixthesystem.
IfyouthinksexismthrivesonlyonWallStreetorinHollywood,youhaven’tvisitedalab,asciencedepartment,aresearchfoundation,orabiotechfirm.
RitaColwellisoneofthetopscientistsinAmerica:thegroundbreakingmicrobiologistwhodiscoveredhowcholerasurvivesbetweenepidemicsandtheformerheadoftheNationalScienceFoundation.Butwhenshefirstappliedforagraduatefellowshipinbacteriology,shewastold,“Wedon’twastefellowshipsonwomen.”AlackofsupportfromsomemalesuperiorswouldleadhertochangeherareaofstudysixtimesbeforecompletingherPhD.
ALabofOne’sOwndocumentsallColwellhasseenandheardoverhersixdecadesinscience,fromsexualharassmentinthelabtoobscuresystemsblockingwomenfromleadingprofessionalorganizationsorpublishingtheirwork.Alongtheway,sheencountersotherwomenpushingbackagainstthestatusquo,includingagroupatMITwhorevoltwhentheydiscovertheirlabsareafractionofthesizeoftheirmalecolleagues’.
Resistancegavefemalescientistsspecialgifts:forcedtochangespecialtiessomanytimes,theycametoseethingsinamoreinterdisciplinaryway,whichturnedouttobekeytomakingnewdiscoveriesinthetwentiethandtwenty-firstcenturies.Colwellwouldalsowitnesstheadvancesthatcouldbemadewhenmenandwomenworkedtogether—oftenunderherdirection,suchaswhensheheadedateamthathelpedtouncoverthesourceoftheanthraxusedinthe2001letterattacks.
ALabofOne’sOwnsharesthesheerjoyascientistfeelswhenmovingtowardabreakthrough,andthethrillofuncoveringawholenewgenerationoffemalepioneers.Butitisalsothesciencebookforthe#MeTooera,offeringanastutediagnosisofhowtofixtheproblemofsexisminscience—andacelebrationofthewomenpushingback.
