{"product_id":"the-exceptions-nancy-hopkins-and-the-fight-for-women-in-science-paperback","title":"The Exceptions: Nancy Hopkins and the Fight for Women in Science - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKate Zernike\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eNotable Book\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAs late as 1999, women who succeeded in science were called \"exceptional\" as if it were unusual for them to be so bright. They \u003ci\u003ewere\u003c\/i\u003e exceptional, not because they could succeed at science but because of all they accomplished despite the hurdles.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Gripping...one puts down the book inspired by the women's grit, tenacity, and brilliance.\" --\u003ci\u003eScience\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Riveting.\" --Siddhartha Mukherjee, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Gene\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1963, a female student was attending a lecture given by Nobel Prize winner James Watson, then tenured at Harvard. At nineteen, she was struggling to define her future. She had given herself just ten years to fulfill her professional ambitions before starting the family she was expected to have. For women at that time, a future on the usual path of academic science was unimaginable--but during that lecture, young Nancy Hopkins fell in love with the promise of genetics. Confidently believing science to be a pure meritocracy, she embarked on a career. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1999, Hopkins, now a noted molecular geneticist and cancer researcher at MIT, divorced and childless, found herself underpaid and denied the credit and resources given to men of lesser rank. Galvanized by the flagrant favoritism, Hopkins led a group of sixteen women on the faculty in a campaign that prompted MIT to make the historic admission that it had long discriminated against its female scientists. The sixteen women were a formidable group: their work has advanced our understanding of everything from cancer to geology, from fossil fuels to the inner workings of the human brain. And their work to highlight what they called \"21st-century discrimination\"--a subtle, stubborn, often unconscious bias--set off a national reckoning with the pervasive sexism in science. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who broke the story, \u003ci\u003eThe Exceptions \u003c\/i\u003echronicles groundbreaking science and a history-making fight for equal opportunity. It is the \"excellent and infuriating\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) story of how this group of determined, brilliant women used the power of the collective and the tools of science to inspire ongoing radical change. And it offers an intimate look at the passion that drives discovery, and a rare glimpse into the competitive, hierarchical world of elite science--and the women who dared to challenge it.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eKate Zernike has been a reporter for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e since 2000. She was a member of the team that won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting for stories about al-Qaeda before and after the 9\/11 terror attacks. She was previously a reporter for \u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e, where she broke the story of MIT's admission that it had discriminated against women on its faculty, on which \u003ci\u003eThe Exceptions\u003c\/i\u003e is based. The daughter and granddaughter of scientists, she is a graduate of Trinity College at the University of Toronto and the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University. She lives in New Jersey with her husband and sons.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 448\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.3 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 27, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51987365724461,"sku":"9781982131845","price":21.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/kfxvMjublH9781982131845.webp?v=1776178286","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-exceptions-nancy-hopkins-and-the-fight-for-women-in-science-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}