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Virginia Gewin writes for NatureJobs about a possible upside to the "two-body problem" of academic couples

Archive 2008-10-01 Peggy 2008

If a binary system is just any two-body system, then this one fits the bill.

Astronomers Find Youngest Exoplanet Yet | Universe Today 2010

In an article Landau wrote in 1988 on the "two-body problem" she pointed out that women scientists and engineers are very likely to have a similarly educated spouse, and that's a problem for universities that have only a single academic research position:

Where is she now? Susan Landau Peggy 2008

Virginia Gewin writes for NatureJobs about a possible upside to the "two-body problem" of academic couples

Women in Science Link Roundup: October 19 Edition Peggy 2008

I, like many female academics, am one half of a two-body problem.

One Body Too Many Candid Engineer 2008

In an article Landau wrote in 1988 on the "two-body problem" she pointed out that women scientists and engineers are very likely to have a similarly educated spouse, and that's a problem for universities that have only a single academic research position:

Archive 2008-09-01 Peggy 2008

But as our two-body problem draws itself out in Big-City-Away-from-Our - Families, I am getting antsy about all of the unknowns in my grown-up life.

Archive 2008-06-01 Candid Engineer 2008

I, like many female academics, am one half of a two-body problem.

Archive 2008-04-01 Candid Engineer 2008

But as our two-body problem draws itself out in Big-City-Away-from-Our - Families, I am getting antsy about all of the unknowns in my grown-up life.

Grass Green with Envy Candid Engineer 2008

This is a tough one - as part of a two-body problem myself I know this all too well.

One Body Too Many Candid Engineer 2008

I was far from the first woman to have to choose between career and family. But in our case, there was the added wrinkle that both of us were seeking academic careers in physics, which severely limited our options. This challenge is common enough in the academic world that it has its own nickname borrowed from a well-known problem in physics — the “two-body problem.”

The Forgotten Half-Life of Women in Physics The MIT Press Reader 2025