From PAUL SPENCER
With reference to your ‘Life, the Universe and (almost) Everything’
on Unhidden Gender (8 June): as a mere male commenting on this fascinating
review of the contributions women have made to science, I find it surprising
that arguably the greatest female scientist has been omitted.
No mention was made of the work of Marie Curie which must rank with
the world’s greatest. Not only did she make discoveries of outstanding significance,
picking up the Nobel prizes on the way, she also did what no man is able
to do. She gave birth to Irene Joliot-Curie (1897 – 1956), who also went
on to win two Nobel Prizes for Physics and Chemistry.
To omit one Curie was unfortunate. To omit two was careless!
Paul Spencer Norwich
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