Letter: Letters: Emberg's apple

From ANDREW MEESON

I hope I am as much in favour of political correctness and anti-sexism
as the writer of ‘Feedback’ (10 October), but I can’t really agree that
we should rename Clarke’s Law to commemorate Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin.

For a start, Arthur C. Clarke actually formulated this law (which is
more than can be said for Dorothy C. Hodgkin – perhaps as a compensatory
gesture ‘Feedback’ wishes to hand her Nobel prize over to Clarke?).

What comes next for goodness’ sake – Bella Emberg’s three laws of motion
(after all, not all people subject to gravity are male)? Ruth Westheimer’s
theory of relativity . . . ?

Andrew Meeson London