Setting the stage. Introduction: striving for perspective in the debate on women in science / Wendy M. Williams and Stephen J. Ceci
Essays. Women at the top in science
and elsewhere / Virginia Valian
"Underrepresentation" or misrepresentation? / Doreen Kimura
Is math a gift? : beliefs that put females at risk / Carol S. Dweck
Sex, math, and science / Elizabeth S. Spelke and Ariel D. Grace
Taking science seriously : straight thinking about spatial sex differences / Nora S. Newcombe
Sex differences in personal attributes for the development of scientific expertise / David S. Lubinski and Camilla Persson Benbow
Do sex differences in cognition cause the shortage of women in science? / Melissa Hines
Brains, bias, and biology : follow the data / Richard J. Haier
Science, sex, and good sense : why women are underrepresented in some areas of science and math / Diane F. Halpern
Women in science : gender similarities in abilities and sociocultural forces / Janet Shibley Hyde
The seeds of career choices : prenatal sex hormone effects on psychological sex differences / Sheri A. Berenbaum and Susan Resnick
Sex differences in mind : keeping science distinct from social policy / Simon Baron-Cohen
An evolutionary perspective on sex differences in mathematics and the sciences / David C. Geary
Neural substrates for sex differences in cognition / Ruben C. Gur and Raquel E. Gur
Where are all the women? : gender differences in participation in physical science and engineering / Jacquelynne S. Eccles
Conclusion. Are we moving closer and closer apart? : shared evidence leads to conflicting views / Stephen J. Ceci and Wendy M. Williams.
