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Huh what is your problem? I said that Marie Curie is famous (and definitely nobody knows the Skoldowokski-part of her name - today is the first time I heard tha

by Tichy 13y ago

Huh what is your problem? I said that Marie Curie is famous (and definitely nobody knows the Skoldowokski-part of her name - today is the first time I heard that). Are you saying that Cecile should be as famous as Marie? Or only as famous as "lesser" physicists like Einstein or Newton? And you only confirm my point. I was going to suggest that if "we" (or feminists or whoever) want Cecile to be successful, we should just refer to her as Cecile Payne from now on.

pinaceae 13y ago
no, YOU don't know it. wikipedia knows it (the article on her lists her full name). anybody who looks for her on the internet thereby knows it. anybody who ever had more than 5sec of interest in her knows it. it's not the rest of the world - it's you. because the rest of the world absolutely needs to change their names so that english speaking idiots like you have an easier life. and still you could cope with schwarzenegger, go figure.
- Tichy 13y ago
  You didn't even get the point of my comment, which is that she (Payne) is not not famous because she is a woman. There are lots of other reasons that affect fame. A catchy name is just one example. This whole thing is completely ridiculous, because lets face it, nobody cares about physicists. You think people on the street, or feminists, care about physicists? The ones that are known, like Einstein or Newton or Galileo, are all known for the narrative around it (Newton has the falling Apple, Galileo the burning, Einstein the tongue picture and the "bad in maths" legend). To claim that some physicist is not known because she is a woman is just ridiculous. I dare you to walk out of your house or office and ask people on the street what "Marie Curie" means to them, and if they know her Polish name, too. For more fun, ask "who discovered radioactivity" without mentioning the name. Perhaps they know Curie because they worry about radioactivity, but that's probably about it (what was her other Nobel for anyway?). The consistency of stars doesn't worry people so much, so they don't know Payne - simple as that. Anyway, the name was not even the point. But since you are apparently somewhat illiterate, of course you didn't realize that. Btw I think your replies are very rude. Would you talk the same if you had any identifiable information on your profile? I would surely blacklist you for life according to your behavior. Not that I'd ever run into you (I think you live in the US), but still. Edit: also I am not actually a native speaker of English. Edit 2: for more fun, try to hum the Kraftwerk song "Radioactivity" using Curie's full name.

by Tichy 13y ago

pinaceae 13y ago

no, YOU don't know it. wikipedia knows it (the article on her lists her full name). anybody who looks for her on the internet thereby knows it. anybody who ever had more than 5sec of interest in her knows it. it's not the rest of the world - it's you. because the rest of the world absolutely needs to change their names so that english speaking idiots like you have an easier life. and still you could cope with schwarzenegger, go figure.

Tichy 13y ago
You didn't even get the point of my comment, which is that she (Payne) is not not famous because she is a woman. There are lots of other reasons that affect fame. A catchy name is just one example. This whole thing is completely ridiculous, because lets face it, nobody cares about physicists. You think people on the street, or feminists, care about physicists? The ones that are known, like Einstein or Newton or Galileo, are all known for the narrative around it (Newton has the falling Apple, Galileo the burning, Einstein the tongue picture and the "bad in maths" legend). To claim that some physicist is not known because she is a woman is just ridiculous. I dare you to walk out of your house or office and ask people on the street what "Marie Curie" means to them, and if they know her Polish name, too. For more fun, ask "who discovered radioactivity" without mentioning the name. Perhaps they know Curie because they worry about radioactivity, but that's probably about it (what was her other Nobel for anyway?). The consistency of stars doesn't worry people so much, so they don't know Payne - simple as that. Anyway, the name was not even the point. But since you are apparently somewhat illiterate, of course you didn't realize that. Btw I think your replies are very rude. Would you talk the same if you had any identifiable information on your profile? I would surely blacklist you for life according to your behavior. Not that I'd ever run into you (I think you live in the US), but still. Edit: also I am not actually a native speaker of English. Edit 2: for more fun, try to hum the Kraftwerk song "Radioactivity" using Curie's full name.