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“Scientific biographies most often focus on Great Famous Men—but most scientists reach neither fame nor glory. Lab Girl reminds us how the profession of the scientist has changed, how hard and unglamourous it is. In some senses, it is a book that annihilates with a single, first-person-punch the entire genre of biographies of luminaries…Being a scientist is really very different for most people. Most of the biographical accounts have given us a deceptive view of the profession.” Read more...
Jimena Canales, Historian
