Learning from our Hobbies
Let’s talk about hobbies. The things we do for enjoyment often require a lot of discipline and are an important part of the well-rounded Nerd Girl. Take dance, for example. This article “What Scientists Can Learn From Ballet,” by scientist-ballerina Sylvie Leotin, describes the similarity in aspiration, dedication , and process that exists between those two disciplines. She points out how the beautiful “physicality and geometry of dance… have parallels in the physical interac