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Hard to say its the most appalling. Two more appalling omissions are Lisa Meitner for nuclear fission, and Chien-Shiung Wu for parity violation, since effective
by pessimist 3y ago
Hard to say its the most appalling. Two more appalling omissions are Lisa Meitner for nuclear fission, and Chien-Shiung Wu for parity violation, since effectively others were given the prize for the work and their contributions overlooked.
- pbhjpbhj 3y agoI'd not heard of Chieng-Shiung Wu, so I have reading to do. Fwiw, it's _Lise_ Meitner.
- viksit 3y agothanks for the thread. fascinating reading - also just submitted a link about women who didn’t win the prize but deserved it.
- Arete314159 3y agoIf you want to be constantly irritated, read about Rosalind Franklin. (And yes, I know she died before the Nobels were announced, that's not the point.)
- mongol 3y agoWhat is the point? Something unrelated to the Nobel Prize?