Pot-holes Everywhere: How (not) to Read my Biography of Barbara McClintock
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Keller, Evelyn F
Date Issued
January 2014
Journal
Writing about Lives in Science
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Keller, Evelyn Fox. "Pot-holes Everywhere: How (not) to Read my Biography of Barbara McClintock." Writing about Lives in Science, edited by Vita Fortunati and Elena Agazzi, V&R Unipress, 2014: 33-42 © 2018 Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
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Abstract
The story of the public reception of my biography of Barbara McClintock is a saga in itself, one that I divide into three acts: the writing of the book; its
reception before the award of a Nobel Prize; and the reframing of that reception after the prize. I write about it here because I think the story may harbor moral, or even historical, lessons.My reference to public includes lay readers, of course, but also readers who identify themselves as feminists and/or as scientists. Indeed, I want especially to focus on the reading of my book by the latter two groups.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Program in Science, Technology and Society
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https://doi.org/10.14220/9783737002639.33
