I was looking for a biographical book on women in science history, but found this instead. I don't blame the book for that since I enjoyed it. Vivian Gornick's Women in Science is a soft sociological examination of the inequalities women face in science, which doesn't conflict much with the scholarly articles I've read on similar issues. Women in Science is mostly qualitative research, interviews, though Gornick does sprinkle in statistics from time to time.

I'd recommend this book to anyone interested in learning more about the issues women face in science. Gornick is a competent and engaging writer, and I found her descriptions of some of her interviewees to be almost poetic. If you are looking for something more biographical, I might recommend Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World by Rachel Ignotofsky.