This volume is a is a lively, readable, and balanced collection of articles by distinguished scholars from both sides of an often-contentious debate over the complex relationship between gender and vocation.

What explains the preponderance of men in math and science-based professions?

Are women victims of a widespread bias in science and engineering, as a 2006 report of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) concluded? Or are there alternative explanations for the paucity of women in various quantitative fields? What, if anything, is to be done to encourage more women engineers and...

The time for free, informed inquiry into sex differences is now.

The time for free, informed inquiry into sex differences is now.

Is a program aimed at empowering women in science hurting the industry?

In the study of gender, large and growing bodies of good science are helping us understand the sources of human abilities and limitations, and it is time to accept their legitimacy.

Examining cognitive differences between the sexes can help us understand the sources of human abilities and limitations.