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Time Magazine: Man of the Millennium

Patrick Juola juola at mathcs.duq.edu
Tue Sep 22 06:27:30 EST 1998


In article <MPG.1070e233b64831579896e0 at nntp.mindspring.com>,
Paul Hsieh <qed at pobox.com> wrote:
>For the women its a little harder.  The only one I can think of of truly 
>monumentus consequence is:
>
>- Marie Curie (discovered radiation, whose applications to modern science 
>are too numerous to name.)


Except that Mme. Curie didn't discover radiation -- she "merely" 
discovered the elements of radium and polonium, following in Henri
Becquerel's discovery of radioactivity in pitchblende (and in
uranium). 

If you're looking for world-shattering discoveries or inventions made
by women, you probably won't find them in the hard sciences.  I'd
suggest the author of "The Tale of Genji," who invented the novel.
(Lady Murasaki?  I've forgotten the spelling of her name.)

	-kitten



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