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Nature 458, 150-151 (12 March 2009) | doi:10.1038/458150a; Published online 11 March 2009
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Myth of the missing mothers
Meg Urry1
BOOK REVIEWED-Motherhood, the Elephant in the Laboratory
by Emily Monosson
Cornell Univ. Press: 2008. 232 pp. $25, £13.95
Confront a scientist with data and they will suggest a hypothesis to explain them. When confronted with the dearth of women in the scientific profession, scientists often try to connect gender — female — with a physiological reason for absence — motherhood.
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