-
Recent Posts
Recent Comments
Archives
Pages
Meta
Twitter
Author Archives: Athene Donald
Pecking Orders Aren’t All They Seem
The term, pecking order, may have been coined in relation to poultry, the office boy kicking the cat clearly fits more into the domain of offices, but we all recognize the tendency to know one’s place in a hierarchy and … Continue reading
Posted in Science Culture
Tagged Cambridge, Dorothy Byrne, heads of house, intimidation, Laurie Bristow, Roger Mosey, Simon McDonald
Comments Off on Pecking Orders Aren’t All They Seem
What Should I Say to my Kids?
As well as attending the Hay Literary Festival, I’ve been involved with a number of interviews and podcasts over the last couple of weeks relating to the publication of my book Not Just for the Boys: Why we need more … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Equality, Women in Science
Tagged Hay Festival, maths, parents, school
Comments Off on What Should I Say to my Kids?
Anxious Times
I can still remember anxiously waiting for my first paper to appear. It must have been in 1976, because I know I had submitted the paper under my married name, although at the time the wedding was still some weeks … Continue reading
Posted in Communicating Science, Science Culture
Tagged bookshops, criticism, Not just for the boys, reviews
Comments Off on Anxious Times
On Being Unnerved – Get out your Velcro
Not infrequently I find myself having to give after dinner speeches in my College: to alumni as well as to different parts of the student body. The first time I had to talk to the Freshers, I suspect I was … Continue reading
Posted in Science Culture
Tagged after-dinner speech, criticism, experience, Impostor syndrome
Comments Off on On Being Unnerved – Get out your Velcro
