Article by Olivia Peterkin, “Author Bonnie Garmus shares her recipe for more gender equity in the sciences, at Stanford GSE event”

“Courage is the root of change—and change is what we’re chemically designed to do.”

What can we do to build more inclusive and respectful learning environments and experiences in the sciences? How can families and educators prepare young people to see themselves in any profession that inspires them regardless of social expectations? Where does the responsibility for change start? Author Bonnie Garmus and Associate Professor Christine Min Wotipka explored these and other timeless and timely questions.

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BONNIE GARMUS is the author of Lessons in Chemistry, a number-one global bestseller and winner of several national and international awards, including Barnes & Noble’s Book of the Year, Hay Festival’s Book of the Year, Goodreads Choice Award Debut of the Year, British Book Awards Author of the Year, Waterstones Author of the Year, Books Are My Bag Author of the Year Award, and Readers’ Choice Award, Germany and Australia’s Booksellers Book of the Year, Australia’s International Book of the Year, and many more. It was also selected by Queen Camilla for the Queen’s Reading Room and has been on the New York Times, Sunday Times, and Der Spiegel bestseller lists for nearly two years. Currently published in forty-two territories, it has sold almost seven million copies. 

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