Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] The other side of the double helix

[Scott Hussey <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 14:35:57 -0500, Stephen Montgomery-Smith
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> At that time I also read a book about Marie Curie.  As I remember, it
> was a beautiful story of a person overcoming their circumstances, but I
> might be remembering it through rose tinted glasses.  Maybe she garnered
> more respect as her husband Pierre Curie was also a renouned scientist,
> but this is pure speculation on my part.

Working purely off of the movie about Rosalind Franklin, this might be
attributed to her country of origin.  The move mentioned that Ms.
Franklin initially worked in a lab in Paris and very much enjoyed it
and was very well received and appreciated. But she felt that she
needed to move back to Britain to carry on her research. The
interviewees from Paris were shocked when Franklin related the
attitude the male scientist at King's College in London exhibited
towards her. So possibly the French treat women in a more equitable
manner across all walks of life, including science, which gave Marie
Curie a leg up on other women in her field. She was given local
credence which probably helped the international attention that led to
the Nobel Prize.

Of course, a lot of "probably" in there for watching one movie and
having zero knowledge of French sociology.

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Scott Hussey
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