I wouldn't go near zombie Marie Curie, she's probably still radioactive!
More seriously though I think the reason she's so often held up as a "token lady scientist" is that, unlike all the others mentioned there, she wasn't obscure - she was acclaimed for her achievements but her husband was falsely given equal credit where he was in fact just a lab assistant.*
*I guess he doesn't really deserve the "just", I certainly don't have what it takes to be a lab assistant in a high level physics laboratory.
I wouldn't go near zombie Marie Curie, she's probably still radioactive!
ReplyDeleteMore seriously though I think the reason she's so often held up as a "token lady scientist" is that, unlike all the others mentioned there, she wasn't obscure - she was acclaimed for her achievements but her husband was falsely given equal credit where he was in fact just a lab assistant.*
*I guess he doesn't really deserve the "just", I certainly don't have what it takes to be a lab assistant in a high level physics laboratory.
Just a note that your link to XKCD doesn't work :) you need to link to http://xkcd.com or better to the image - http://xkcd.com/896/ :)
ReplyDeleteI always liked the response to "you are/will be the next XXXX" as being "No, I'm the current me".
ReplyDeleteOr even "XXX was the previous me".
While we can identify people as our idols or role models, we are all our selves.
Cheers Cat, oops! Off to fix it now :-)
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