
If articles wrote about historical male scientists the way they do of female scientists…! Here’s a bit of humor for your Monday.
I started to write small bios of famous (male) scientists as they’d be written had they been women.
— Daurmith (@Daurmith) January 30, 2016
«Pierre Curie, married and proud father of two, found time for love and family during his short scientific career.»
— Daurmith (@Daurmith) January 30, 2016
«No one could imagine that behind Newton’s large eyes and frail appearance hid one of the most prodigious brains in the world."
— Daurmith (@Daurmith) January 30, 2016
«Sassy and carefree Feynmann challenged social mores as he worked on his research. He broke hearts all over USA.»
— Daurmith (@Daurmith) January 30, 2016
«A devout husband and father, Darwin balanced his family duties with the study of the specimes he brought from his travels.»
— Daurmith (@Daurmith) January 30, 2016
«He had the body of an athlete and the face of a movie star. But Oliver Sacks chose science over glamour.»
— Daurmith (@Daurmith) January 30, 2016
«His dour personality made everyone think he’d never marry. Even so, Schrödinger got a wife and a Nobel Prize."
— Daurmith (@Daurmith) January 30, 2016
Special thanks to @patriciasoley who suggested I translate the tweets in the first place. :-)
— Daurmith (@Daurmith) January 30, 2016
For the Spanish-speaking among you, the original conversation starts here.
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