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The Autobiography of a Transgender Scientist
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 4 hrs and 47 mins
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Summary
Ben Barres was known for his groundbreaking scientific work and for his groundbreaking advocacy for gender equality in science. In this book, completed shortly before his death from pancreatic cancer in December 2017, Barres (born Barbara Barres in 1954) describes a life full of remarkable accomplishments - from his childhood as a precocious math and science whiz to his experiences as a female student at MIT in the 1970s to his female-to-male transition in his 40s to his scientific work and role as teacher and mentor at Stanford.
Barres recounts his early life - his interest in science, first manifested as a fascination with the mad scientist in Superman; his academic successes; and his gender confusion. Barres felt even as a very young child that he was assigned the wrong gender. After years of being acutely uncomfortable in his own skin, Barres transitioned from female to male. As an undergraduate at MIT, Barres experienced discrimination, but it was after transitioning that he realized how differently male and female scientists are treated. This led him to become an advocate for gender equality in science.
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- Owen Morgan
- 17-05-23
Interesting but heavily scientific
Bits of it was far too detailed for me an average reader, but definitely a great story or a remarkable person
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- Lauren
- 11-02-21
Very hard to listen to
I'm convinced the narrator is a robot or computer. His voice is very flat and as a huge chunk of the book is more focused on science than gender/his transition it makes it a very hard listen. Couldn't listen to the whole thing so can't rate the story really
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