Contents Chapter One The Women of Rising Star Cave 4 Chapter Six Women and Space 58 Chapter Two Women in Chemistry 16 Chapter Seven Women in Mathematics and Engineering 68 Chapter Three Women in Biology 26 Chapter Eight Women in Computing and Robotics 76 Chapter Four Women in Genetics and Medicine 38 Chapter Nine Young Scientists Not Waiting until Tomorrow Chapter Five Women in Physics 48 Additional Resources 104 Timeline 38 Source Notes 100 Essential Facts 100 Index 110 Glossary 102 About the Author 112
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CHAPTER ONE The Women of Rising Star Cave On On October 7 2013 an ad appeared on Facebook It said We need perhaps three or four individuals with excellent archaeological paleontological and excavation skills for a short term project The catch is this the person must be skinny and preferably small They must not be claustrophobic they must be fit they should have some caving experience climbing experience would be a bonus They must be willing to work in cramped quarters Lee Berger had posted the ad No one knew what the job entailed but everyone interested in early human fossils knew Berger As a paleoanthropologist he studies human ancestors dating back to 4 5 million years BCE Berger explores the region known asthe Cradle of Humankind in South Africa for fossils He hopes these fossils will fill the gaps in information known about early people Marina Elliott felt as if the ad had been written for her She was finishing her PhD at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia Canada and had
