Kate Zernike has been a reporter for The New York Times since 2000. She was a member of the team that won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting for stories about al-Qaeda before and after the 9/11 terror attacks. She was previously a reporter for The Boston Globe, where she broke the story of MIT’s admission that it had discriminated against women on its faculty, on which The Exceptions is based. The daughter and granddaughter of scientists, she is a graduate of Trinity College at the University of Toronto and the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University. She lives in New Jersey with her husband and sons.
‘The Exceptions tells the infuriating, inspiring story of the
sexism faced by female scientists at M.I.T. — and how they fought
back… Thanks to Zernike, we see the personal toll unconscious bias
takes — not just in time lost or talent discarded, but on the
greater good. Maybe the reason we’re still running for the cure is
because systemic discrimination continues to run even faster. The
good news is, Zernike’s book will inspire a host of non-renegades
to do something about it. Rules are indeed made to be broken. Have
at it.'
*New York Times*
'What Nancy Hopkins achieved is exceptional - in science of course,
but more broadly in society. What Kate Zernike has achieved in this
brilliant book is also excpetional - a condemnation of the
treatment of women in science and a riveting story about the drive
to purse science'
*Siddhartha Mukherjee, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winner The
Emperor of All Maladies*
'Excellent and infuriating'
*New York Times*
'A story I wouldn't believe except that it's true, told by the
reporter who broke it first'
*Angela Duckworth, author of Grit*
'A gripping page-turner backed up with extensive research by
Zernike, The Exceptions traces how Nancy Hopkins and a
group of astounding women at MIT came together to catalyse
change. Their story is angering, at times depressing and, above
all, inspiring, but this book also remains timely in reminding
us that we have not made as much progress as we think we have and
that there is still much work to be done. As when Zernicke first
broke the story for The Boston Globe in 1999, creating
waves across the international scientific community, I hope
this book will inspire the next generation of scientists to
continue shaping a fair and inclusive culture in research'
*Alain Goriely, Royal Society Science Book Prize*
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