Scientists struggle with balancing work and family life like everyone else, while simultaneously trying to live up to the image of the “ideal scientist.” Failing Families, Failing Science explores how the “greedy institution” of academic science is uniquely challenging and demanding, how gender and institutional structure shape science careers, and how science careers, in turn, shape family life.
Keywords: gender, family, science, work
Print publication date: 2016 | Print ISBN-13: 9781479843121 |
Published to NYU Press Scholarship Online: January 2017 | DOI:10.18574/nyu/9781479843121.001.0001 |