The Exceptions with Kate Zernike
Journalist Kate Zernike joined the American Philosophical Society in September 2023 to speak about her book The Exceptions: Nancy Hopkins, MIT, and the Fight for Women in Science.
From the Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist who broke the story, The Exceptions chronicles groundbreaking science and a history-making fight for equal opportunity. It is the “excellent and infuriating” (The New York Times) story of how a group of determined, brilliant women used the power of the collective and the tools of science to inspire ongoing radical change. And it offers an intimate look at the passion that drives discovery, and a rare glimpse into the competitive, hierarchical world of elite science—and the women who dared to challenge it.
