According to Evelyn Fox Kellers, a vector (in mathematics) represents science. Within science, there are various actors, such as the researcher and the research participants. A vector has both a force and a direction, just like science and the actors in science; each with different agendas, plans, wills, prejudices and values. Science is not free…

Here’s a long blog post to compensate for the long absence 😉 I visited some websites ([1] – [3]) that have justified why more women are needed in Science Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) professions. I have summarised the motivations from these websites in a bulleted list below. Women are needed in STEM to: counteract…

I almost finished reading Katrine Marcal’s book “Att uppfinna världen: hur historiens största feltänk satte käppar i hjulet” (the English title is: Mother of invention: How Good Ideas Get Ignored in an Economy Built for Men), and page after page I was amazed by the sharpness of her writing. Essentially, the book is a feminist…