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Monthly Archives: October 2010
Breakfast with Evelyn Fox Keller (Science and Gender Part II)
The second half of the meeting in Austria on Science and Gender gave me a very different impression, both of the topic and the situation in Austria, than I had garnered from the first 24 hours described in my previous … Continue reading
Posted in Equality, Science Culture, Women in Science
Tagged Austrian science, Evelyn Fox Keller, gender, macho
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Discussing Science and Gender
I am currently at a meeting in a very attractive location (including snow) in Austria on Science and Gender, organised by the Österreichischen Forschungsgemeinschaft. The meeting overall intends to discuss the topic in a very broad sense, with the participants … Continue reading
Posted in Equality, Science Culture, Uncategorized, Women in Science
Tagged deficit model, Londa Schiebinger, Project Implicit, Unconscious bias
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Too Much Interdisciplinarity? From Cliometricians to Mathematical Biologists
I have recently been reading two apparently vastly different books: In Defence of History by Richard J Evans, a Cambridge colleague, and Making Sense of Life by Evelyn Fox Keller. Despite their widely different topics and approaches, reading them in … Continue reading
Posted in Biological Physics, Interdisciplinary Science, Science Culture, Science Funding
Tagged Evelyn Fox Keller, In Defence of History, Making Sense of Life, physics of biology, Richard J Evans
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Eureka! – the Influence of Scientists on the CSR
The Eureka reception – hosted by the Times – was buzzing last night. This reception was to celebrate the 1st birthday of the Eureka Magazine and many of those named on the 100 most influential people in science a couple … Continue reading
Posted in Research, Science Funding
Tagged Adrian Smith, CSR, David Willetts, Eureka 100 list, Mark Henderson, Science is Vital, Scientific Century, the Times
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