Stephanie reviews Who’s afraid of Marie Curie? by Linley Erin Hall.

Many interesting topics are highlighted, including

There is also a very good summary chapter on the research on gender differences in scientific ability. As you might have guessed, males and females are more similar than they are different on most (but not all) aspects of mind. She reviews the questionable ability of standardized tests (like the SAT) to demonstrate gender differences that are real (boys tend to score higher on the SAT than girls, but girls’ SAT scores tend to underpredict their grades in college math classes).

One thing I have complained about in discussions on gender equity is that many arguments simply assume that males and females are identical, and focus discussion elsewhere. Nice to see someone investigating the matter as part of their discourse.