Her ideas have been no less radical, however. Her secret weapon has been an unswerving devotion to the geek god of impartial data. Yes, Altmann sparked a revolution through rigorous statistical analysis, which might not sound terribly sexy, but it was the only way to skew attention away from the dramatic allure of pugnacious male primates. Altmann could teach logic to Captain Spock. She had started her academic career as a mathematician at UCLA – one of only three women in her class – but was forced to quit when nobody in her faculty felt it worth their time to mentor a woman. Maths’ loss was
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