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Letter: Importance of sex

Published 25 March 2009

From Avis Pearson

Anil Ananthaswamy interviews the next head of ATLAS, and the first question is: “What are your thoughts on becoming the first woman to head a particle physics experiment at the LHC?” (28 February, p 26). For a moment there I thought you had morphed into a women’s magazine circa 1970. What on earth has her sex got to do with anything?

Blandford Forum, Dorset, UK

Issue no. 2701 published 28 March 2009

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