In her book Not Just for the Boys: Why We Need More Women in Science, leading British physicist Professor Dame Athene Donald explores how diversity is crucial to solving the problems of today.
Sharing her own experiences and those of other top scientists who are women, she highlights the factors that drive women to give up on a career in science. From societal expectations, prejudice, and hostility, to unconscious and systemic bias.
Athene is Professor Emerita in Experimental Physics and Master of Churchill College, University of Cambridge. She has spent her career in Cambridge, specializing in soft matter physics and physics at the interface with biology. She was the University of Cambridge's first Gender Equality Champion and has been involved in numerous initiatives concerning women in science. She was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1999 and appointed DBE for services to Physics in 2010.
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