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Monthly Archives: August 2010
The Drawbacks of the Deficit Model
Following on from my recent post, and my remarks about not being a shrinking violet, let me take up the theme of the ‘deficit model’ discussed in a recent post by my erstwhile colleague and WiSETI project officer Esther Haines … Continue reading
Posted in Equality, Women in Science, Women's Issues
Tagged career breaks, deficit model, maternity leave, positive action
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Physics Meets Biology
I am off to the Institute of Physics’ Physics Meets Biology meeting in Oxford later this week, organised by the Biological Physics Group, whose committee I have chaired for the last 3 years. We held our first meeting (with the … Continue reading
Posted in Biological Physics
Tagged Biological Physics, Institute of Physics, Physics meets Biology
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What does Delusions of Gender tell us?
Delusions of Gender is a book that is clearly going to stir up a lot of interest from both sides of the nature-nurture debate. Are girls’ brains hardwired differently from boys at birth, due to the testosterone surge at 8 … Continue reading
What is required for successful interdisciplinary working?
Yesterday I cycled over to the Addenbrookes Site for a meeting with Maria Spillantini of the Brain Repair Unit. She is particularly interested in Parkinson’s Disease, and we were discussing the nature of protein aggregation in Lewy Bodies – abnormal … Continue reading
Bad – and maybe some Good – Science
This week’s THE has an article about mainstream science reporting (Trial by Error) and the quality, or lack thereof, has been the subject of many recent discussions on many blogs and in the mainstream press. It also ties into issues … Continue reading
Posted in Communicating Science
Tagged journalism, media training, scientific literacy
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