For whatever reason, I didn't succumb to the stereotype that science wasn't for girls. I got encouragement from my parents. I never… — Sally Ride Copy Share Image
I sort of was good at writing essays. I was never very good at mathematics, and I was never very good at… — Diane Cilento Copy Share Image
I was never exposed as a kid to any real science. I read the occasional popular science book, and I loved Mechanics… — Jim Peebles Copy Share Image
When I started secondary school, it was assumed that the girls would do domestic science and the boys would do science, and… — Jocelyn Bell Burnell Copy Share Image
I liked science. I wasn't mathematically oriented, so I became an organic chemist. — Koji Nakanishi Copy Share Image