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The Only Woman in the Room: Why Science Is Still a Boys’ Club Hardcover – September 15, 2015
Author: Visit ‘s Eileen Pollack Page ID: 0807046574

Review

“Hard-hitting, difficult to read, and impossible to put down.” 
—Kirkus Reviews

“Honest, readable, and brave.”
—Library Journal

“Offering an engrossing look at the barriers still facing women in science…Pollack draws attention to this important and vexing problem with a personal narrative, beautifully written and full of important insights on the changes needed to make those barriers crumble…Any young woman or man on the way to college to major in science will find great lessons in this book.”
—Washington Post

“Her memoir rings authentic, its lessons essential. A bitter pill to swallow but a vital addition to the important and frustratingly ongoing discussion about gender equity.”
—Poornima Apte, Booklist

“The Only Woman in the Room is absolutely brilliant—even a sleeping pill and head cold couldn’t stop me from reading it through the night.  Pollack’s story reveals so much—I want to give it to my children, my husband, my older sister (a biologist), and every physicist I know, perhaps with key passages underlined. And especially, young women in science: read this book!”
—Meg Urry, President of the American Astronomical Society, and former chair of the Department of Physics at Yale University

“With excruciating candor Eileen Pollack details how society’s relentless message that girls lack the intrinsic aptitude for high-level math and physics leaves young women without the confidence to stay the course in the brutally competitive environment of high-powered science. This is a riveting, insider’s-account of how unconscious biases make a mockery of meritocracy, why women’s equality remains elusive, and why Larry Summers was so wrong.”
—Nancy Hopkins, Amgen Inc. Professor of Biology (emerita), Massachusetts Institute of Technology

“In Eileen Pollack’s vivid description of the issues facing women in science, I immediately saw the truth of what I have lived. Pollack is convincing in showing how the obstacles for women in the U.S. are erected by our culture. In the 1960’s my mother had to put up with exclusionary rules that kept her out of a career in science. You would think things might have gotten better for my generation, and for the current generation. But they have not. Eileen Pollack courageously and honestly examines her own life and shows us why.”
—Carol Greider, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine and Daniel Nathans Professor and Chair of the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics at Johns Hopkins University

“My remarks on women and science generated much heat—if they helped stimulate Eileen Pollack’s introspections and reflections, they shed light as well. I certainly understand many aspects of the issue better for reading Pollack’s work. We all want great opportunities for all, and as she demonstrates, the world has a long way to go.”
—Lawrence H. Summers, Charles W. Eliot University Professor and President Emeritus, Harvard University, and former Secretary of the Treasury

About the Author

Eileen Pollack is the author of the novels Breaking and Entering (a New York Times Editor’s Choice selection) and Paradise, New York, as well as two collections of short fiction, an award-winning book of nonfiction, and two creative-nonfiction textbooks. Her work has appeared in Best American Essays and Best American Short Stories. She is a professor on the faculty of the Helen Zell MFA Program in Creative Writing at the University of Michigan. She divides her time between Manhattan and Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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Hardcover: 288 pagesPublisher: Beacon Press (September 15, 2015)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 0807046574ISBN-13: 978-0807046579 Product Dimensions: 6.3 x 1 x 9.3 inches Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies) Best Sellers Rank: #6,375 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #10 in Books > Science & Math > Science for Kids #47 in Books > Politics & Social Sciences > Social Sciences > Gender Studies #50 in Books > Science & Math > History & Philosophy
Two hundred some pages into this mixed memoir and study of the reasons why so few women students continue in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, Pollack cites a 2012 study by researchers at Yale who sent out comparable but not identical resumes, half under the name of John and half under the name of Jennifer, with letters of recommendation and supporting material, to 127 faculty members in physics, chemistry and biology at six major research institutions in the United States . The faculty members were asked to rate “John” or “Jennifer” on a sliding scale as to their estimate of the candidate’s competence, hireability and likeability and their perceived willingness to mentor him or her if he or she was struggling. On every scale except “likeability,” the “male” candidate significantly outscored the “female,” even though the CVs and supporting materials were equivalent. The professors were asked to suggest a salary range they would be willing to offer their candidate. “John” was offered an average starting salary of $30,238; Jennifer $26,508.

When Pollack reported on this study on a website, one writer, a scientist, wrote back that the results didn’t show gender bias but rather the scientists’ “objective” knowledge that women are, on the average, less able than men. This response, Pollack notes, is a textbook definition of bias: a decision made on gut feeling, or a few anecdotal examples, taking no notice of individual differences. Pollack writes that sentiments like this discourage promising women students from sticking it out in STEM fields.
This book stated on the back cover: “A bracingly honest exploration of why there are still so few women in the hard sciences, mathematics, engineering and computer science.” However what I found instead was a partial biography of Eileen Pollack’s education filling half of the book. I say partial as it essential stops telling her story when she receives a Marshall Fellowship and then jumps forward 32 years to find that she ditched it, is married, divorced and now teaches English. What happened in that undiscussed time, the author doesn’t share, but I can only assume, it was a crash and burn as she was exhibiting signs of an eating disorder, drinking too much and panic attacks. Ivy league schools are stressful. Sometimes our body tells us when something doesn’t work.

I’m struggling with an unbiased review of this book, because I have an opinion of my own, so take that into consideration. While I think the author experienced some of the issues common for woman pursuing a scientific or technical degree, some are unique to her experiences.

The author struck me as an intelligent and privileged young woman that growing up in small town upstate NY felt her interest in science was not well handled in High School. Given I had a similar experiences I agree, that back then most women were pushed into teaching and rarely were science or engineering considered an option.

Though it seems she was offered a full ride to MIT, she insisted on Yale costing her parents the full price of her education. Lucky for her they could afford that. After being sneered at by her upper crust classmates she returns the favor by providing this same snub to that of another student of “working class” parents.

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The Only Woman in the Room: Why Science Is Still a Boys’ Club Hardcover – September 15, 2015
Author: Visit ‘s Eileen Pollack Page ID: 0807046574

Review

“Hard-hitting, difficult to read, and impossible to put down.” 
—Kirkus Reviews

“Honest, readable, and brave.”
—Library Journal

“Offering an engrossing look at the barriers still facing women in science…Pollack draws attention to this important and vexing problem with a personal narrative, beautifully written and full of important insights on the changes needed to make those barriers crumble…Any young woman or man on the way to college to major in science will find great lessons in this book.”
—Washington Post

“Her memoir rings authentic, its lessons essential. A bitter pill to swallow but a vital addition to the important and frustratingly ongoing discussion about gender equity.”
—Poornima Apte, Booklist

“The Only Woman in the Room is absolutely brilliant—even a sleeping pill and head cold couldn’t stop me from reading it through the night.  Pollack’s story reveals so much—I want to give it to my children, my husband, my older sister (a biologist), and every physicist I know, perhaps with key passages underlined. And especially, young women in science: read this book!”
—Meg Urry, President of the American Astronomical Society, and former chair of the Department of Physics at Yale University

“With excruciating candor Eileen Pollack details how society’s relentless message that girls lack the intrinsic aptitude for high-level math and physics leaves young women without the confidence to stay the course in the brutally competitive environment of high-powered science. This is a riveting, insider’s-account of how unconscious biases make a mockery of meritocracy, why women’s equality remains elusive, and why Larry Summers was so wrong.”
—Nancy Hopkins, Amgen Inc. Professor of Biology (emerita), Massachusetts Institute of Technology

“In Eileen Pollack’s vivid description of the issues facing women in science, I immediately saw the truth of what I have lived. Pollack is convincing in showing how the obstacles for women in the U.S. are erected by our culture. In the 1960’s my mother had to put up with exclusionary rules that kept her out of a career in science. You would think things might have gotten better for my generation, and for the current generation. But they have not. Eileen Pollack courageously and honestly examines her own life and shows us why.”
—Carol Greider, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine and Daniel Nathans Professor and Chair of the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics at Johns Hopkins University

“My remarks on women and science generated much heat—if they helped stimulate Eileen Pollack’s introspections and reflections, they shed light as well. I certainly understand many aspects of the issue better for reading Pollack’s work. We all want great opportunities for all, and as she demonstrates, the world has a long way to go.”
—Lawrence H. Summers, Charles W. Eliot University Professor and President Emeritus, Harvard University, and former Secretary of the Treasury

About the Author

Eileen Pollack is the author of the novels Breaking and Entering (a New York Times Editor’s Choice selection) and Paradise, New York, as well as two collections of short fiction, an award-winning book of nonfiction, and two creative-nonfiction textbooks. Her work has appeared in Best American Essays and Best American Short Stories. She is a professor on the faculty of the Helen Zell MFA Program in Creative Writing at the University of Michigan. She divides her time between Manhattan and Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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Hardcover: 288 pagesPublisher: Beacon Press (September 15, 2015)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 0807046574ISBN-13: 978-0807046579 Product Dimensions: 6.3 x 1 x 9.3 inches Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies) Best Sellers Rank: #6,375 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #10 in Books > Science & Math > Science for Kids #47 in Books > Politics & Social Sciences > Social Sciences > Gender Studies #50 in Books > Science & Math > History & Philosophy
Two hundred some pages into this mixed memoir and study of the reasons why so few women students continue in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, Pollack cites a 2012 study by researchers at Yale who sent out comparable but not identical resumes, half under the name of John and half under the name of Jennifer, with letters of recommendation and supporting material, to 127 faculty members in physics, chemistry and biology at six major research institutions in the United States . The faculty members were asked to rate “John” or “Jennifer” on a sliding scale as to their estimate of the candidate’s competence, hireability and likeability and their perceived willingness to mentor him or her if he or she was struggling. On every scale except “likeability,” the “male” candidate significantly outscored the “female,” even though the CVs and supporting materials were equivalent. The professors were asked to suggest a salary range they would be willing to offer their candidate. “John” was offered an average starting salary of $30,238; Jennifer $26,508.

When Pollack reported on this study on a website, one writer, a scientist, wrote back that the results didn’t show gender bias but rather the scientists’ “objective” knowledge that women are, on the average, less able than men. This response, Pollack notes, is a textbook definition of bias: a decision made on gut feeling, or a few anecdotal examples, taking no notice of individual differences. Pollack writes that sentiments like this discourage promising women students from sticking it out in STEM fields.
This book stated on the back cover: “A bracingly honest exploration of why there are still so few women in the hard sciences, mathematics, engineering and computer science.” However what I found instead was a partial biography of Eileen Pollack’s education filling half of the book. I say partial as it essential stops telling her story when she receives a Marshall Fellowship and then jumps forward 32 years to find that she ditched it, is married, divorced and now teaches English. What happened in that undiscussed time, the author doesn’t share, but I can only assume, it was a crash and burn as she was exhibiting signs of an eating disorder, drinking too much and panic attacks. Ivy league schools are stressful. Sometimes our body tells us when something doesn’t work.

I’m struggling with an unbiased review of this book, because I have an opinion of my own, so take that into consideration. While I think the author experienced some of the issues common for woman pursuing a scientific or technical degree, some are unique to her experiences.

The author struck me as an intelligent and privileged young woman that growing up in small town upstate NY felt her interest in science was not well handled in High School. Given I had a similar experiences I agree, that back then most women were pushed into teaching and rarely were science or engineering considered an option.

Though it seems she was offered a full ride to MIT, she insisted on Yale costing her parents the full price of her education. Lucky for her they could afford that. After being sneered at by her upper crust classmates she returns the favor by providing this same snub to that of another student of “working class” parents.

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The Only Woman in the Room: Why Science Is Still a Boys’ Club Hardcover – September 15, 2015
Author: Visit ‘s Eileen Pollack Page ID: 0807046574

Review

“Hard-hitting, difficult to read, and impossible to put down.” 
—Kirkus Reviews

“Honest, readable, and brave.”
—Library Journal

“Offering an engrossing look at the barriers still facing women in science…Pollack draws attention to this important and vexing problem with a personal narrative, beautifully written and full of important insights on the changes needed to make those barriers crumble…Any young woman or man on the way to college to major in science will find great lessons in this book.”
—Washington Post

“Her memoir rings authentic, its lessons essential. A bitter pill to swallow but a vital addition to the important and frustratingly ongoing discussion about gender equity.”
—Poornima Apte, Booklist

“The Only Woman in the Room is absolutely brilliant—even a sleeping pill and head cold couldn’t stop me from reading it through the night.  Pollack’s story reveals so much—I want to give it to my children, my husband, my older sister (a biologist), and every physicist I know, perhaps with key passages underlined. And especially, young women in science: read this book!”
—Meg Urry, President of the American Astronomical Society, and former chair of the Department of Physics at Yale University

“With excruciating candor Eileen Pollack details how society’s relentless message that girls lack the intrinsic aptitude for high-level math and physics leaves young women without the confidence to stay the course in the brutally competitive environment of high-powered science. This is a riveting, insider’s-account of how unconscious biases make a mockery of meritocracy, why women’s equality remains elusive, and why Larry Summers was so wrong.”
—Nancy Hopkins, Amgen Inc. Professor of Biology (emerita), Massachusetts Institute of Technology

“In Eileen Pollack’s vivid description of the issues facing women in science, I immediately saw the truth of what I have lived. Pollack is convincing in showing how the obstacles for women in the U.S. are erected by our culture. In the 1960’s my mother had to put up with exclusionary rules that kept her out of a career in science. You would think things might have gotten better for my generation, and for the current generation. But they have not. Eileen Pollack courageously and honestly examines her own life and shows us why.”
—Carol Greider, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine and Daniel Nathans Professor and Chair of the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics at Johns Hopkins University

“My remarks on women and science generated much heat—if they helped stimulate Eileen Pollack’s introspections and reflections, they shed light as well. I certainly understand many aspects of the issue better for reading Pollack’s work. We all want great opportunities for all, and as she demonstrates, the world has a long way to go.”
—Lawrence H. Summers, Charles W. Eliot University Professor and President Emeritus, Harvard University, and former Secretary of the Treasury

About the Author

Eileen Pollack is the author of the novels Breaking and Entering (a New York Times Editor’s Choice selection) and Paradise, New York, as well as two collections of short fiction, an award-winning book of nonfiction, and two creative-nonfiction textbooks. Her work has appeared in Best American Essays and Best American Short Stories. She is a professor on the faculty of the Helen Zell MFA Program in Creative Writing at the University of Michigan. She divides her time between Manhattan and Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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Hardcover: 288 pagesPublisher: Beacon Press (September 15, 2015)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 0807046574ISBN-13: 978-0807046579 Product Dimensions: 6.3 x 1 x 9.3 inches Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies) Best Sellers Rank: #6,375 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #10 in Books > Science & Math > Science for Kids #47 in Books > Politics & Social Sciences > Social Sciences > Gender Studies #50 in Books > Science & Math > History & Philosophy
Two hundred some pages into this mixed memoir and study of the reasons why so few women students continue in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, Pollack cites a 2012 study by researchers at Yale who sent out comparable but not identical resumes, half under the name of John and half under the name of Jennifer, with letters of recommendation and supporting material, to 127 faculty members in physics, chemistry and biology at six major research institutions in the United States . The faculty members were asked to rate “John” or “Jennifer” on a sliding scale as to their estimate of the candidate’s competence, hireability and likeability and their perceived willingness to mentor him or her if he or she was struggling. On every scale except “likeability,” the “male” candidate significantly outscored the “female,” even though the CVs and supporting materials were equivalent. The professors were asked to suggest a salary range they would be willing to offer their candidate. “John” was offered an average starting salary of $30,238; Jennifer $26,508.

When Pollack reported on this study on a website, one writer, a scientist, wrote back that the results didn’t show gender bias but rather the scientists’ “objective” knowledge that women are, on the average, less able than men. This response, Pollack notes, is a textbook definition of bias: a decision made on gut feeling, or a few anecdotal examples, taking no notice of individual differences. Pollack writes that sentiments like this discourage promising women students from sticking it out in STEM fields.
This book stated on the back cover: “A bracingly honest exploration of why there are still so few women in the hard sciences, mathematics, engineering and computer science.” However what I found instead was a partial biography of Eileen Pollack’s education filling half of the book. I say partial as it essential stops telling her story when she receives a Marshall Fellowship and then jumps forward 32 years to find that she ditched it, is married, divorced and now teaches English. What happened in that undiscussed time, the author doesn’t share, but I can only assume, it was a crash and burn as she was exhibiting signs of an eating disorder, drinking too much and panic attacks. Ivy league schools are stressful. Sometimes our body tells us when something doesn’t work.

I’m struggling with an unbiased review of this book, because I have an opinion of my own, so take that into consideration. While I think the author experienced some of the issues common for woman pursuing a scientific or technical degree, some are unique to her experiences.

The author struck me as an intelligent and privileged young woman that growing up in small town upstate NY felt her interest in science was not well handled in High School. Given I had a similar experiences I agree, that back then most women were pushed into teaching and rarely were science or engineering considered an option.

Though it seems she was offered a full ride to MIT, she insisted on Yale costing her parents the full price of her education. Lucky for her they could afford that. After being sneered at by her upper crust classmates she returns the favor by providing this same snub to that of another student of “working class” parents.

Make a Refundable deposite Express HelpLine 20 00 At present Amazon gift card is the only method of payment we are accepting Send a 20 Amazon e gift card to pay express helpline us Recipient email The DASH Diet for Hypertension Thomas J Moore Mark The DASH Diet for Hypertension Lower by Marla Heller Hardcover 15 87 She was stunned and ran from the room with the booklet I gave Design Headlines of Wednesday 05th August 2015 Tue 04 aug 2015 15 13 16 0000 ask yourself why Are you the only girl in a boys club and woman versusmachine that Design Logs for Wednesday 05th August 2015 Headlines Tue 04 aug 2015 15 13 16 0000 ask yourself why Are you the only girl in a boys club and woman versusmachine that

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The Only Woman in the Room: Why Science Is Still a Boys’ Club Hardcover – September 15, 2015
Author: Visit ‘s Eileen Pollack Page ID: 0807046574

Review

“Hard-hitting, difficult to read, and impossible to put down.” 
—Kirkus Reviews

“Honest, readable, and brave.”
—Library Journal

“Offering an engrossing look at the barriers still facing women in science…Pollack draws attention to this important and vexing problem with a personal narrative, beautifully written and full of important insights on the changes needed to make those barriers crumble…Any young woman or man on the way to college to major in science will find great lessons in this book.”
—Washington Post

“Her memoir rings authentic, its lessons essential. A bitter pill to swallow but a vital addition to the important and frustratingly ongoing discussion about gender equity.”
—Poornima Apte, Booklist

“The Only Woman in the Room is absolutely brilliant—even a sleeping pill and head cold couldn’t stop me from reading it through the night.  Pollack’s story reveals so much—I want to give it to my children, my husband, my older sister (a biologist), and every physicist I know, perhaps with key passages underlined. And especially, young women in science: read this book!”
—Meg Urry, President of the American Astronomical Society, and former chair of the Department of Physics at Yale University

“With excruciating candor Eileen Pollack details how society’s relentless message that girls lack the intrinsic aptitude for high-level math and physics leaves young women without the confidence to stay the course in the brutally competitive environment of high-powered science. This is a riveting, insider’s-account of how unconscious biases make a mockery of meritocracy, why women’s equality remains elusive, and why Larry Summers was so wrong.”
—Nancy Hopkins, Amgen Inc. Professor of Biology (emerita), Massachusetts Institute of Technology

“In Eileen Pollack’s vivid description of the issues facing women in science, I immediately saw the truth of what I have lived. Pollack is convincing in showing how the obstacles for women in the U.S. are erected by our culture. In the 1960’s my mother had to put up with exclusionary rules that kept her out of a career in science. You would think things might have gotten better for my generation, and for the current generation. But they have not. Eileen Pollack courageously and honestly examines her own life and shows us why.”
—Carol Greider, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine and Daniel Nathans Professor and Chair of the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics at Johns Hopkins University

“My remarks on women and science generated much heat—if they helped stimulate Eileen Pollack’s introspections and reflections, they shed light as well. I certainly understand many aspects of the issue better for reading Pollack’s work. We all want great opportunities for all, and as she demonstrates, the world has a long way to go.”
—Lawrence H. Summers, Charles W. Eliot University Professor and President Emeritus, Harvard University, and former Secretary of the Treasury

About the Author

Eileen Pollack is the author of the novels Breaking and Entering (a New York Times Editor’s Choice selection) and Paradise, New York, as well as two collections of short fiction, an award-winning book of nonfiction, and two creative-nonfiction textbooks. Her work has appeared in Best American Essays and Best American Short Stories. She is a professor on the faculty of the Helen Zell MFA Program in Creative Writing at the University of Michigan. She divides her time between Manhattan and Ann Arbor, Michigan.

See all Editorial Reviews

Hardcover: 288 pagesPublisher: Beacon Press (September 15, 2015)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 0807046574ISBN-13: 978-0807046579 Product Dimensions: 6.3 x 1 x 9.3 inches Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies) Best Sellers Rank: #6,375 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #10 in Books > Science & Math > Science for Kids #47 in Books > Politics & Social Sciences > Social Sciences > Gender Studies #50 in Books > Science & Math > History & Philosophy
Two hundred some pages into this mixed memoir and study of the reasons why so few women students continue in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, Pollack cites a 2012 study by researchers at Yale who sent out comparable but not identical resumes, half under the name of John and half under the name of Jennifer, with letters of recommendation and supporting material, to 127 faculty members in physics, chemistry and biology at six major research institutions in the United States . The faculty members were asked to rate “John” or “Jennifer” on a sliding scale as to their estimate of the candidate’s competence, hireability and likeability and their perceived willingness to mentor him or her if he or she was struggling. On every scale except “likeability,” the “male” candidate significantly outscored the “female,” even though the CVs and supporting materials were equivalent. The professors were asked to suggest a salary range they would be willing to offer their candidate. “John” was offered an average starting salary of $30,238; Jennifer $26,508.

When Pollack reported on this study on a website, one writer, a scientist, wrote back that the results didn’t show gender bias but rather the scientists’ “objective” knowledge that women are, on the average, less able than men. This response, Pollack notes, is a textbook definition of bias: a decision made on gut feeling, or a few anecdotal examples, taking no notice of individual differences. Pollack writes that sentiments like this discourage promising women students from sticking it out in STEM fields.
This book stated on the back cover: “A bracingly honest exploration of why there are still so few women in the hard sciences, mathematics, engineering and computer science.” However what I found instead was a partial biography of Eileen Pollack’s education filling half of the book. I say partial as it essential stops telling her story when she receives a Marshall Fellowship and then jumps forward 32 years to find that she ditched it, is married, divorced and now teaches English. What happened in that undiscussed time, the author doesn’t share, but I can only assume, it was a crash and burn as she was exhibiting signs of an eating disorder, drinking too much and panic attacks. Ivy league schools are stressful. Sometimes our body tells us when something doesn’t work.

I’m struggling with an unbiased review of this book, because I have an opinion of my own, so take that into consideration. While I think the author experienced some of the issues common for woman pursuing a scientific or technical degree, some are unique to her experiences.

The author struck me as an intelligent and privileged young woman that growing up in small town upstate NY felt her interest in science was not well handled in High School. Given I had a similar experiences I agree, that back then most women were pushed into teaching and rarely were science or engineering considered an option.

Though it seems she was offered a full ride to MIT, she insisted on Yale costing her parents the full price of her education. Lucky for her they could afford that. After being sneered at by her upper crust classmates she returns the favor by providing this same snub to that of another student of “working class” parents.

Make a Refundable deposite Express HelpLine 20 00 At present Amazon gift card is the only method of payment we are accepting Send a 20 Amazon e gift card to pay express helpline us Recipient email The DASH Diet for Hypertension Thomas J Moore Mark The DASH Diet for Hypertension Lower by Marla Heller Hardcover 15 87 She was stunned and ran from the room with the booklet I gave Design Headlines of Wednesday 05th August 2015 Tue 04 aug 2015 15 13 16 0000 ask yourself why Are you the only girl in a boys club and woman versusmachine that Design Logs for Wednesday 05th August 2015 Headlines Tue 04 aug 2015 15 13 16 0000 ask yourself why Are you the only girl in a boys club and woman versusmachine that

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The Only Woman in the Room: Why Science Is Still a Boys’ Club Hardcover – September 15, 2015
Author: Visit ‘s Eileen Pollack Page ID: 0807046574

Review

“Hard-hitting, difficult to read, and impossible to put down.” 
—Kirkus Reviews

“Honest, readable, and brave.”
—Library Journal

“Offering an engrossing look at the barriers still facing women in science…Pollack draws attention to this important and vexing problem with a personal narrative, beautifully written and full of important insights on the changes needed to make those barriers crumble…Any young woman or man on the way to college to major in science will find great lessons in this book.”
—Washington Post

“Her memoir rings authentic, its lessons essential. A bitter pill to swallow but a vital addition to the important and frustratingly ongoing discussion about gender equity.”
—Poornima Apte, Booklist

“The Only Woman in the Room is absolutely brilliant—even a sleeping pill and head cold couldn’t stop me from reading it through the night.  Pollack’s story reveals so much—I want to give it to my children, my husband, my older sister (a biologist), and every physicist I know, perhaps with key passages underlined. And especially, young women in science: read this book!”
—Meg Urry, President of the American Astronomical Society, and former chair of the Department of Physics at Yale University

“With excruciating candor Eileen Pollack details how society’s relentless message that girls lack the intrinsic aptitude for high-level math and physics leaves young women without the confidence to stay the course in the brutally competitive environment of high-powered science. This is a riveting, insider’s-account of how unconscious biases make a mockery of meritocracy, why women’s equality remains elusive, and why Larry Summers was so wrong.”
—Nancy Hopkins, Amgen Inc. Professor of Biology (emerita), Massachusetts Institute of Technology

“In Eileen Pollack’s vivid description of the issues facing women in science, I immediately saw the truth of what I have lived. Pollack is convincing in showing how the obstacles for women in the U.S. are erected by our culture. In the 1960’s my mother had to put up with exclusionary rules that kept her out of a career in science. You would think things might have gotten better for my generation, and for the current generation. But they have not. Eileen Pollack courageously and honestly examines her own life and shows us why.”
—Carol Greider, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine and Daniel Nathans Professor and Chair of the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics at Johns Hopkins University

“My remarks on women and science generated much heat—if they helped stimulate Eileen Pollack’s introspections and reflections, they shed light as well. I certainly understand many aspects of the issue better for reading Pollack’s work. We all want great opportunities for all, and as she demonstrates, the world has a long way to go.”
—Lawrence H. Summers, Charles W. Eliot University Professor and President Emeritus, Harvard University, and former Secretary of the Treasury

About the Author

Eileen Pollack is the author of the novels Breaking and Entering (a New York Times Editor’s Choice selection) and Paradise, New York, as well as two collections of short fiction, an award-winning book of nonfiction, and two creative-nonfiction textbooks. Her work has appeared in Best American Essays and Best American Short Stories. She is a professor on the faculty of the Helen Zell MFA Program in Creative Writing at the University of Michigan. She divides her time between Manhattan and Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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Two hundred some pages into this mixed memoir and study of the reasons why so few women students continue in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, Pollack cites a 2012 study by researchers at Yale who sent out comparable but not identical resumes, half under the name of John and half under the name of Jennifer, with letters of recommendation and supporting material, to 127 faculty members in physics, chemistry and biology at six major research institutions in the United States . The faculty members were asked to rate “John” or “Jennifer” on a sliding scale as to their estimate of the candidate’s competence, hireability and likeability and their perceived willingness to mentor him or her if he or she was struggling. On every scale except “likeability,” the “male” candidate significantly outscored the “female,” even though the CVs and supporting materials were equivalent. The professors were asked to suggest a salary range they would be willing to offer their candidate. “John” was offered an average starting salary of $30,238; Jennifer $26,508.

When Pollack reported on this study on a website, one writer, a scientist, wrote back that the results didn’t show gender bias but rather the scientists’ “objective” knowledge that women are, on the average, less able than men. This response, Pollack notes, is a textbook definition of bias: a decision made on gut feeling, or a few anecdotal examples, taking no notice of individual differences. Pollack writes that sentiments like this discourage promising women students from sticking it out in STEM fields.
This book stated on the back cover: “A bracingly honest exploration of why there are still so few women in the hard sciences, mathematics, engineering and computer science.” However what I found instead was a partial biography of Eileen Pollack’s education filling half of the book. I say partial as it essential stops telling her story when she receives a Marshall Fellowship and then jumps forward 32 years to find that she ditched it, is married, divorced and now teaches English. What happened in that undiscussed time, the author doesn’t share, but I can only assume, it was a crash and burn as she was exhibiting signs of an eating disorder, drinking too much and panic attacks. Ivy league schools are stressful. Sometimes our body tells us when something doesn’t work.

I’m struggling with an unbiased review of this book, because I have an opinion of my own, so take that into consideration. While I think the author experienced some of the issues common for woman pursuing a scientific or technical degree, some are unique to her experiences.

The author struck me as an intelligent and privileged young woman that growing up in small town upstate NY felt her interest in science was not well handled in High School. Given I had a similar experiences I agree, that back then most women were pushed into teaching and rarely were science or engineering considered an option.

Though it seems she was offered a full ride to MIT, she insisted on Yale costing her parents the full price of her education. Lucky for her they could afford that. After being sneered at by her upper crust classmates she returns the favor by providing this same snub to that of another student of “working class” parents.

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The Snow Leopard – September 30, 2008

The Snow Leopard (Penguin Classics) Paperback – September 30, 2008
Author: Visit ‘s Peter Matthiessen Page ID: 0143105515

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In the autumn of 1973, the writer Peter Matthiessen set out in the company of zoologist George Schaller on a hike that would take them 250 miles into the heart of the Himalayan region of Dolpo, “the last enclave of pure Tibetan culture on earth.” Their voyage was in quest of one of the world’s most elusive big cats, the snow leopard of high Asia, a creature so rarely spotted as to be nearly mythical; Schaller was one of only two Westerners known to have seen a snow leopard in the wild since 1950.

Published in 1978, The Snow Leopard is rightly regarded as a classic of modern nature writing. Guiding his readers through steep-walled canyons and over tall mountains, Matthiessen offers a narrative that is shot through with metaphor and mysticism, and his arduous search for the snow leopard becomes a vehicle for reflections on all manner of matters of life and death. In the process, The Snow Leopard evolves from an already exquisite book of natural history and travel into a grand, Buddhist-tinged parable of our search for meaning. By the end of their expedition, having seen wolves, foxes, rare mountain sheep, and other denizens of the Himalayas, and having seen many signs of the snow leopard but not the cat itself, Schaller muses, “We’ve seen so much, maybe it’s better if there are some things that we don’t see.”

That sentiment, as well as the sense of wonder at the world’s beauty that pervades Matthiessen’s book, ought to inform any journey into the wild. –Gregory McNamee –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Review

“A beautiful book, and worthy of the mountains he is among” — Paul Theroux “What began as a practical search for the rare snow leopard, revered Buddhist emblem, developed into a quest for the meaning of Being. An enjoyable combination of mountaineering and mysticism” Observer “It’s a tale of an inner struggle for calm, and would be an inspiring and sustaining desert island companion” — Emily Barr “As much the chronicle of an inner journey as it is the learned recording of an unfamiliar territory…a timeless account” Independent “An evocative account of a remote and timeless place and its people” Sunday Times

–This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Series: Penguin ClassicsPaperback: 368 pagesPublisher: Penguin Classics; Revised edition (September 30, 2008)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 0143105515ISBN-13: 978-0143105510 Product Dimensions: 5.1 x 0.6 x 7.7 inches Shipping Weight: 9.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies) Best Sellers Rank: #15,897 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #13 in Books > Science & Math > Biological Sciences > Animals > Mammals #21 in Books > Science & Math > Nature & Ecology > Nature Writing & Essays #77 in Books > Travel > Travel Writing
The Snow Leopard is not just a book, rather a marvelous mental holiday one can return to as often as one needs, like a literary hitchhiker, to get away from the modernity and electronic technology that swamps us. Matthiessen illuminates the mystery and silence of the Himalayas, and the human need for nature and it’s transformational powers.

I read this book every year, and for two years taught it on a college level to over 500 freshman. Yes, freshmen, at 7:00 a.m., who have never even seen snow.

Being a public college and teaching a book with overtly religious themes, I suggested they skip over the "Buddhist bits" if it did not interest them, and stick to the journey, paying attention to PM, George Schaller and the mixed bag of porters and Sherpas who guided them. Funny thing when you tell students not to read something, they go right for it.

To my amazement, they got it. They understood Matthiessen’s flaws: the drug use, failed marriages, parental doubts about leaving family once again to pursue "nothing" in one of the remotest places on earth–the Land of Dolpo, where lamas rule and people obey. Students are intimate with the concept of to work for the sake of work; be it one foot in front of the other on a trail in Nepal, or their own path of study; these young people easily saw how humans transforms themselves through their work and passions. They were also quite politically savy, impressed by the results of this remarkable and timeless journey into the heart of the wilderness where it’s okay to get lost, make mistakes and fail.
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Author: Visit ‘s Peter Matthiessen Page ID: 0143105515

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In the autumn of 1973, the writer Peter Matthiessen set out in the company of zoologist George Schaller on a hike that would take them 250 miles into the heart of the Himalayan region of Dolpo, “the last enclave of pure Tibetan culture on earth.” Their voyage was in quest of one of the world’s most elusive big cats, the snow leopard of high Asia, a creature so rarely spotted as to be nearly mythical; Schaller was one of only two Westerners known to have seen a snow leopard in the wild since 1950.

Published in 1978, The Snow Leopard is rightly regarded as a classic of modern nature writing. Guiding his readers through steep-walled canyons and over tall mountains, Matthiessen offers a narrative that is shot through with metaphor and mysticism, and his arduous search for the snow leopard becomes a vehicle for reflections on all manner of matters of life and death. In the process, The Snow Leopard evolves from an already exquisite book of natural history and travel into a grand, Buddhist-tinged parable of our search for meaning. By the end of their expedition, having seen wolves, foxes, rare mountain sheep, and other denizens of the Himalayas, and having seen many signs of the snow leopard but not the cat itself, Schaller muses, “We’ve seen so much, maybe it’s better if there are some things that we don’t see.”

That sentiment, as well as the sense of wonder at the world’s beauty that pervades Matthiessen’s book, ought to inform any journey into the wild. –Gregory McNamee –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Review

“A beautiful book, and worthy of the mountains he is among” — Paul Theroux “What began as a practical search for the rare snow leopard, revered Buddhist emblem, developed into a quest for the meaning of Being. An enjoyable combination of mountaineering and mysticism” Observer “It’s a tale of an inner struggle for calm, and would be an inspiring and sustaining desert island companion” — Emily Barr “As much the chronicle of an inner journey as it is the learned recording of an unfamiliar territory…a timeless account” Independent “An evocative account of a remote and timeless place and its people” Sunday Times

–This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Series: Penguin ClassicsPaperback: 368 pagesPublisher: Penguin Classics; Revised edition (September 30, 2008)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 0143105515ISBN-13: 978-0143105510 Product Dimensions: 5.1 x 0.6 x 7.7 inches Shipping Weight: 9.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies) Best Sellers Rank: #15,897 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #13 in Books > Science & Math > Biological Sciences > Animals > Mammals #21 in Books > Science & Math > Nature & Ecology > Nature Writing & Essays #77 in Books > Travel > Travel Writing
The Snow Leopard is not just a book, rather a marvelous mental holiday one can return to as often as one needs, like a literary hitchhiker, to get away from the modernity and electronic technology that swamps us. Matthiessen illuminates the mystery and silence of the Himalayas, and the human need for nature and it’s transformational powers.

I read this book every year, and for two years taught it on a college level to over 500 freshman. Yes, freshmen, at 7:00 a.m., who have never even seen snow.

Being a public college and teaching a book with overtly religious themes, I suggested they skip over the "Buddhist bits" if it did not interest them, and stick to the journey, paying attention to PM, George Schaller and the mixed bag of porters and Sherpas who guided them. Funny thing when you tell students not to read something, they go right for it.

To my amazement, they got it. They understood Matthiessen’s flaws: the drug use, failed marriages, parental doubts about leaving family once again to pursue "nothing" in one of the remotest places on earth–the Land of Dolpo, where lamas rule and people obey. Students are intimate with the concept of to work for the sake of work; be it one foot in front of the other on a trail in Nepal, or their own path of study; these young people easily saw how humans transforms themselves through their work and passions. They were also quite politically savy, impressed by the results of this remarkable and timeless journey into the heart of the wilderness where it’s okay to get lost, make mistakes and fail.
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The Snow Leopard (Penguin Classics) Paperback – September 30, 2008
Author: Visit ‘s Peter Matthiessen Page ID: 0143105515

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In the autumn of 1973, the writer Peter Matthiessen set out in the company of zoologist George Schaller on a hike that would take them 250 miles into the heart of the Himalayan region of Dolpo, “the last enclave of pure Tibetan culture on earth.” Their voyage was in quest of one of the world’s most elusive big cats, the snow leopard of high Asia, a creature so rarely spotted as to be nearly mythical; Schaller was one of only two Westerners known to have seen a snow leopard in the wild since 1950.

Published in 1978, The Snow Leopard is rightly regarded as a classic of modern nature writing. Guiding his readers through steep-walled canyons and over tall mountains, Matthiessen offers a narrative that is shot through with metaphor and mysticism, and his arduous search for the snow leopard becomes a vehicle for reflections on all manner of matters of life and death. In the process, The Snow Leopard evolves from an already exquisite book of natural history and travel into a grand, Buddhist-tinged parable of our search for meaning. By the end of their expedition, having seen wolves, foxes, rare mountain sheep, and other denizens of the Himalayas, and having seen many signs of the snow leopard but not the cat itself, Schaller muses, “We’ve seen so much, maybe it’s better if there are some things that we don’t see.”

That sentiment, as well as the sense of wonder at the world’s beauty that pervades Matthiessen’s book, ought to inform any journey into the wild. –Gregory McNamee –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Review

“A beautiful book, and worthy of the mountains he is among” — Paul Theroux “What began as a practical search for the rare snow leopard, revered Buddhist emblem, developed into a quest for the meaning of Being. An enjoyable combination of mountaineering and mysticism” Observer “It’s a tale of an inner struggle for calm, and would be an inspiring and sustaining desert island companion” — Emily Barr “As much the chronicle of an inner journey as it is the learned recording of an unfamiliar territory…a timeless account” Independent “An evocative account of a remote and timeless place and its people” Sunday Times

–This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Series: Penguin ClassicsPaperback: 368 pagesPublisher: Penguin Classics; Revised edition (September 30, 2008)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 0143105515ISBN-13: 978-0143105510 Product Dimensions: 5.1 x 0.6 x 7.7 inches Shipping Weight: 9.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies) Best Sellers Rank: #15,897 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #13 in Books > Science & Math > Biological Sciences > Animals > Mammals #21 in Books > Science & Math > Nature & Ecology > Nature Writing & Essays #77 in Books > Travel > Travel Writing
The Snow Leopard is not just a book, rather a marvelous mental holiday one can return to as often as one needs, like a literary hitchhiker, to get away from the modernity and electronic technology that swamps us. Matthiessen illuminates the mystery and silence of the Himalayas, and the human need for nature and it’s transformational powers.

I read this book every year, and for two years taught it on a college level to over 500 freshman. Yes, freshmen, at 7:00 a.m., who have never even seen snow.

Being a public college and teaching a book with overtly religious themes, I suggested they skip over the "Buddhist bits" if it did not interest them, and stick to the journey, paying attention to PM, George Schaller and the mixed bag of porters and Sherpas who guided them. Funny thing when you tell students not to read something, they go right for it.

To my amazement, they got it. They understood Matthiessen’s flaws: the drug use, failed marriages, parental doubts about leaving family once again to pursue "nothing" in one of the remotest places on earth–the Land of Dolpo, where lamas rule and people obey. Students are intimate with the concept of to work for the sake of work; be it one foot in front of the other on a trail in Nepal, or their own path of study; these young people easily saw how humans transforms themselves through their work and passions. They were also quite politically savy, impressed by the results of this remarkable and timeless journey into the heart of the wilderness where it’s okay to get lost, make mistakes and fail.
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The Snow Leopard – September 30, 2008

The Snow Leopard (Penguin Classics) Paperback – September 30, 2008
Author: Visit ‘s Peter Matthiessen Page ID: 0143105515

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In the autumn of 1973, the writer Peter Matthiessen set out in the company of zoologist George Schaller on a hike that would take them 250 miles into the heart of the Himalayan region of Dolpo, “the last enclave of pure Tibetan culture on earth.” Their voyage was in quest of one of the world’s most elusive big cats, the snow leopard of high Asia, a creature so rarely spotted as to be nearly mythical; Schaller was one of only two Westerners known to have seen a snow leopard in the wild since 1950.

Published in 1978, The Snow Leopard is rightly regarded as a classic of modern nature writing. Guiding his readers through steep-walled canyons and over tall mountains, Matthiessen offers a narrative that is shot through with metaphor and mysticism, and his arduous search for the snow leopard becomes a vehicle for reflections on all manner of matters of life and death. In the process, The Snow Leopard evolves from an already exquisite book of natural history and travel into a grand, Buddhist-tinged parable of our search for meaning. By the end of their expedition, having seen wolves, foxes, rare mountain sheep, and other denizens of the Himalayas, and having seen many signs of the snow leopard but not the cat itself, Schaller muses, “We’ve seen so much, maybe it’s better if there are some things that we don’t see.”

That sentiment, as well as the sense of wonder at the world’s beauty that pervades Matthiessen’s book, ought to inform any journey into the wild. –Gregory McNamee –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Review

“A beautiful book, and worthy of the mountains he is among” — Paul Theroux “What began as a practical search for the rare snow leopard, revered Buddhist emblem, developed into a quest for the meaning of Being. An enjoyable combination of mountaineering and mysticism” Observer “It’s a tale of an inner struggle for calm, and would be an inspiring and sustaining desert island companion” — Emily Barr “As much the chronicle of an inner journey as it is the learned recording of an unfamiliar territory…a timeless account” Independent “An evocative account of a remote and timeless place and its people” Sunday Times

–This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Series: Penguin ClassicsPaperback: 368 pagesPublisher: Penguin Classics; Revised edition (September 30, 2008)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 0143105515ISBN-13: 978-0143105510 Product Dimensions: 5.1 x 0.6 x 7.7 inches Shipping Weight: 9.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies) Best Sellers Rank: #15,897 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #13 in Books > Science & Math > Biological Sciences > Animals > Mammals #21 in Books > Science & Math > Nature & Ecology > Nature Writing & Essays #77 in Books > Travel > Travel Writing
The Snow Leopard is not just a book, rather a marvelous mental holiday one can return to as often as one needs, like a literary hitchhiker, to get away from the modernity and electronic technology that swamps us. Matthiessen illuminates the mystery and silence of the Himalayas, and the human need for nature and it’s transformational powers.

I read this book every year, and for two years taught it on a college level to over 500 freshman. Yes, freshmen, at 7:00 a.m., who have never even seen snow.

Being a public college and teaching a book with overtly religious themes, I suggested they skip over the "Buddhist bits" if it did not interest them, and stick to the journey, paying attention to PM, George Schaller and the mixed bag of porters and Sherpas who guided them. Funny thing when you tell students not to read something, they go right for it.

To my amazement, they got it. They understood Matthiessen’s flaws: the drug use, failed marriages, parental doubts about leaving family once again to pursue "nothing" in one of the remotest places on earth–the Land of Dolpo, where lamas rule and people obey. Students are intimate with the concept of to work for the sake of work; be it one foot in front of the other on a trail in Nepal, or their own path of study; these young people easily saw how humans transforms themselves through their work and passions. They were also quite politically savy, impressed by the results of this remarkable and timeless journey into the heart of the wilderness where it’s okay to get lost, make mistakes and fail.
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Author: Visit ‘s Peter Matthiessen Page ID: 0143105515

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In the autumn of 1973, the writer Peter Matthiessen set out in the company of zoologist George Schaller on a hike that would take them 250 miles into the heart of the Himalayan region of Dolpo, “the last enclave of pure Tibetan culture on earth.” Their voyage was in quest of one of the world’s most elusive big cats, the snow leopard of high Asia, a creature so rarely spotted as to be nearly mythical; Schaller was one of only two Westerners known to have seen a snow leopard in the wild since 1950.

Published in 1978, The Snow Leopard is rightly regarded as a classic of modern nature writing. Guiding his readers through steep-walled canyons and over tall mountains, Matthiessen offers a narrative that is shot through with metaphor and mysticism, and his arduous search for the snow leopard becomes a vehicle for reflections on all manner of matters of life and death. In the process, The Snow Leopard evolves from an already exquisite book of natural history and travel into a grand, Buddhist-tinged parable of our search for meaning. By the end of their expedition, having seen wolves, foxes, rare mountain sheep, and other denizens of the Himalayas, and having seen many signs of the snow leopard but not the cat itself, Schaller muses, “We’ve seen so much, maybe it’s better if there are some things that we don’t see.”

That sentiment, as well as the sense of wonder at the world’s beauty that pervades Matthiessen’s book, ought to inform any journey into the wild. –Gregory McNamee –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Review

“A beautiful book, and worthy of the mountains he is among” — Paul Theroux “What began as a practical search for the rare snow leopard, revered Buddhist emblem, developed into a quest for the meaning of Being. An enjoyable combination of mountaineering and mysticism” Observer “It’s a tale of an inner struggle for calm, and would be an inspiring and sustaining desert island companion” — Emily Barr “As much the chronicle of an inner journey as it is the learned recording of an unfamiliar territory…a timeless account” Independent “An evocative account of a remote and timeless place and its people” Sunday Times

–This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Series: Penguin ClassicsPaperback: 368 pagesPublisher: Penguin Classics; Revised edition (September 30, 2008)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 0143105515ISBN-13: 978-0143105510 Product Dimensions: 5.1 x 0.6 x 7.7 inches Shipping Weight: 9.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies) Best Sellers Rank: #15,897 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #13 in Books > Science & Math > Biological Sciences > Animals > Mammals #21 in Books > Science & Math > Nature & Ecology > Nature Writing & Essays #77 in Books > Travel > Travel Writing
The Snow Leopard is not just a book, rather a marvelous mental holiday one can return to as often as one needs, like a literary hitchhiker, to get away from the modernity and electronic technology that swamps us. Matthiessen illuminates the mystery and silence of the Himalayas, and the human need for nature and it’s transformational powers.

I read this book every year, and for two years taught it on a college level to over 500 freshman. Yes, freshmen, at 7:00 a.m., who have never even seen snow.

Being a public college and teaching a book with overtly religious themes, I suggested they skip over the "Buddhist bits" if it did not interest them, and stick to the journey, paying attention to PM, George Schaller and the mixed bag of porters and Sherpas who guided them. Funny thing when you tell students not to read something, they go right for it.

To my amazement, they got it. They understood Matthiessen’s flaws: the drug use, failed marriages, parental doubts about leaving family once again to pursue "nothing" in one of the remotest places on earth–the Land of Dolpo, where lamas rule and people obey. Students are intimate with the concept of to work for the sake of work; be it one foot in front of the other on a trail in Nepal, or their own path of study; these young people easily saw how humans transforms themselves through their work and passions. They were also quite politically savy, impressed by the results of this remarkable and timeless journey into the heart of the wilderness where it’s okay to get lost, make mistakes and fail.
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