Spinster of Science: A Memoir, From Girlhood To B.Sc. Graduate

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When science came into my life, it offered a way of framing up answers to the sorts of questioning, observing, and information-gathering that fit with my nature and upbringing.
I didn’t view it as a Prince Charming, a love who’d sweep me off to a life not possible otherwise. Science was a taskmaster that needed the best, brightest, hardest workers it could get, whatever shape they came in. I could rise to this and contribute.
At least, that was the understanding and the plan. ...