MY PATH has been rather different to the majority of female scientists. In some ways it has been easier. Firstly, I decided not to have children. It wasn’t a sacrifice: I didn’t want children, and neither did my husband. Secondly, at an early age I was not an aspiring scientist. I started off studying classics and maths, and by the time I went into science I had become used to being seen as a maverick, to being different. All this may strike you as a little strange coming from someone commissioned to study women in science.
It is unfortunate, and…
