About the Author

Margaret Wertheim is a science journalist and commentator and author of the book Pythagoras' Trousers.

Reviews

"Fascinating... A delight to read, and highly informative." -- Keith Devlin - Nature "Smart, bold, and provocative... Sure to evoke even more interest than it does controversy." -- Evelyn Fox Keller, professor, Massachusetts Instit "Remarkable... A fascinating journey through the intellectual history that has shaped our current post-modern, scientific, and religious culture." -- J. Wentzel van Huyssteen, Princeton Theological Se "[An] immensely accessible tour... How the physics lab became another Vatican with a no-girls-allowed sign on its door." -- Susan Faludi, author of Backlash