Introduction: women in science: why so few?
1. The scientific career pipeline
2. Women and science
3. Gender, sex and science
4. Selective access
5. Critical transitions in the graduate and post-graduate career path
6. Women's (and men's) Graduate experience in science
7. The paradox of critical mass for women in science
8. The Kula ring of scientific success
9. Women's faculty experience
10. Dual male and female worlds of science
11. Differences between women in science
12. Social capital and faculty network relationships
13. Negative and positive departmental cultures
14. Initiatives for departmental change
15. International comparisons
16. Athena unbound: policy for women in science
Appendix
Index.
