RegularJoe@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 16 hours agoJames Watson, famous geneticist and Nobel Prize co-winner in the structure of DNA, dies at 97 | CNNwww.cnn.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up1159arrow-down17
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minus-squaremidribbon_action@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up50arrow-down1·16 hours agoFor anyone curious, Rosalind Franklin did get a mention… In the 17th and 18th paragraphs. Might as well be a footnote, just like the original paper. He was an awful, pitiful man, when you read the fine print.
minus-squarebarnaclebutt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-210 hours agoAlso, a straight up racist too… The Nobel committee should admend the prize to include Rosalind.
minus-squareAvid Amoeba@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up20arrow-down1·15 hours agoBut why aren’t there any famous women scientists? /s
For anyone curious, Rosalind Franklin did get a mention… In the 17th and 18th paragraphs. Might as well be a footnote, just like the original paper. He was an awful, pitiful man, when you read the fine print.
Also, a straight up racist too… The Nobel committee should admend the prize to include Rosalind.
But why aren’t there any famous women scientists?
/s