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Letter: Scientific exclusion

Published 23 April 2014

From David Myers

In your leader, you correctly decry the lack of recognition afforded to female scientists, and you mention Rosalind Franklin, Lise Meitner, Emmy Noether and Gerty Cori (5 April, p 5). It is perhaps worth pointing out that your examples had two hurdles to overcome. Not only were they women, but all four were Jewish.
Commugny, Switzerland

Issue no. 2966 published 26 April 2014

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