Athena Unbound: the advancement of women in science and technology by Henry
Etzkowitz, Carol Kemelgor and Brian Uzzi, Cambridge University Press,
£12.95, ISBN 0521787386
IN THE case of practising scientists, who you know can be even more important
than what you know. In other words, without the “social capital” of a network
that provides the information, validation and encouragement that are so
important in developing a career, your “human capital” will go to waste. And how
easily you acquire social capital depends on who you are.
Athena Unbound explores why the scientific careers of so many
accomplished women lag behind…
