Friday, January 23, 2009
This Day in Science
January 23, 1911
"The French Academy of Sciences turns down the membership application of Nobel Prize winner Marie Curie." Because she is a chick (and because she was Polish and not Catholic enough). Read about it here.
Thanks to Laura for the heads up. Article at Wired.com by Tony Long.
Labels:
chauvinism,
Marie Curie,
racism,
science,
sexism,
This day in science
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