Download or read book Breaking Through the Spiral Ceiling: An American Woman Becomes a DNA Scientist, 2nd Edition written by Laura L Mays Hoopes and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Breaking Through the Spiral Ceiling, Hoopes traces her development as a woman biologist, how she fell in love with DNA but encountered discouraging signals from men in science, how she married and balanced both family and career, and why she's glad not to be a Harvard professor. In the 2nd Edition, errors found in the first edition are corrected and a Meet the Author page is added.