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Women in Science: A book review by Bob Morris

February 12, 2019

Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World Hardcover Rachel Ignotofsky Ten Speed Press (2016) Standing atop the shoulders of so many “giants” I read this book in combination with Catherine Thimmesh’s Girls Think of Everything, regretting that…

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The 60s: A book review by Bob Morris

January 15, 2017

The 60s: The Story of a Decade Henry Finder, Editor Random House (October 2016) Here is an incomparable collective portrait of a truly galvanizing era For more than 90 years, The New Yorker has earned and deserves its reputation as…

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From Calm Leadership, Lasting Change

November 3, 2012

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Nancy F. Koehn that appeared in The New York Times in which she discusses Rachel Carson, one of the great heroines of the 20th century whose heritage was multi-faceted and…

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