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My life is pretty small. Even as a successful scientist, I'm not a public figure. I like people - I just don't know that many!

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It's very important to put children in an environment where they can take things apart; where they can break things and then learn to fix them; where they can trust their hands and know their capacity to manipulate objects.

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I think plants present an opportunity for people to look closely at something and get invested in something that's truly very much outside of themselves.

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I think the best learning is done with active manipulation. And we need to be able to work with our hands; it's not just about using our brains.

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I think there are fundamental power imbalances between the sexes that play themselves out in society. And I think science is just not immune to that - which actually isn't a very controversial stance if you think about it.

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Women live in a world where we are forced to consider our safety at every turn. We minimize risk while we maximize activity. It's this constant balancing act that we do.

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I think, as you move to the upper ranks of science - ranks being positions of influence and access - you see fewer female faces. And I think the basic reason is the same reason that you don't see a lot of female faces in Congress or on the Supreme Court or on the directing board of Fortune 500 companies.

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I think it's very common that scientists or technical people have an artistic side. Sometimes they are very accomplished musicians. Sometimes they have very fine tastes according to art or design. And often, they've spent a big chunk of their childhood or they're growing-up years trying to get in very good at those activities.

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I love to read stories. And I don't to get to talk about my favorite novels very often in my job.

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When I was five, I came to understand that I was not a boy.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Scientist

Born: September 27th, 1969

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