I would also point out that Margaret Roberts (later Margaret Thatcher) made modest contribution to science http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-04/margar

I would also point out that Margaret Roberts (later Margaret Thatcher) made modest contribution to science http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-04/margaret-thatcher-politician-and-chemist-has-died http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-04/margaret-thatc... Alas, it was downhill after that. Seriously, read Tony Judt's polemic to find out why. http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2010/apr/29/ill-fares-the-land/?pagination=false http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2010/apr/29/ill-far... PS: Grantham = Newton for me. PPS: I was in Liverpool today when the news arrived. For various complex reasons, there are actually street parties happening tonight. You had to be there in the 1980s to understand this otherwise rather odd fetish like response. I have memories of arriving back in Liverpool Lime Street rail station on a visit from University in the late 70s, walking up Brownlow Hill and being turned back by policemen armed with dust bin lids to catch the bricks being lobbed at them. I had to take the undergound to get to the other side of the 'lines' to get to my Dad. We then had to drive 30 miles around the city to get home (New Brighton). Later that night we watched the smoke plumes over the Anglican Cathedral.