But to give a sense of how broad the attitudes of Muslim intellectuals are towardscience and their own tradition, two figures Guessoum discusses are briefly worth noting.
She believes that while many attitudestoward women have changed across many areas of society, science, and physics in particular, remain stuck in the past.
Results showed that women exposed to cues related to romantic goals reported less positive attitudestoward STEM and less of a preference for majoring in math or science fields compared to other disciplines.