Of course not. But I was startled to read this post by
Got myself an early yule present today; "The Oxford book of modern science writing" edited by teh Dawkins d00d. A first glance of the table of contents sends happy shivers down my spine - a great collection of 83 pieces of science writing. Extracts from key classics and more recent texts as well as shorter pieces like JBS Haldane's heartbreaking but very funny "Cancer's a funny thing". But since I can't seem to leave my gender glasses behind ever, I started counting. And that takes me to the first complaint. Of 83 texts Professor D has selected 3 written by women. That's about 3.6 %. How hard could it be to find a handful more?
While I don't own the book itself, I skimmed the table of contents at Amazon and it appears she's onto something. No, I'm not surprised, however, Dr. Isis, Rebecca, Sci, Sciencewomen, Janet, Zuska,Tara... we have work to do.
