Tom's guest is Eileen Pollack, professor of creative writing at the University of Michigan. She is at work on 'Approaching Infinity: A Memoir of Women in Science.' http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/06/magazine/why-are-there-still-so-few-women-in-science.html http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2013/10/02/girls_and_stem_marvel_comics_competition_for_high_school_girls.html