She's the exception that proves the rule. Her rise was made possible by the turmoil caused by the reunification that opened up that career path for highly educa

She's the exception that proves the rule. Her rise was made possible by the turmoil caused by the reunification that opened up that career path for highly educated people who kept their distance to the regime. [1] is another example with ... comparable ... charisma. But again, they are rare exceptions. [2] says that there are 27 members of parliament with a doctorate in engineering, 8 with a doctorate in biology, 7 in math, 2 chemistry, one in geology, and one in computer science. And I doubt that many of them have been working in science after the doctorate. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthias_Platzeck http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthias_Platzeck [2] http://scienceblogs.de/frischer-wind/2011/03/21/wissenschaftler-im-bundestag-eine-crowdsourcingstatisik/ http://scienceblogs.de/frischer-wind/2011/03/21/wissenschaft...