sanitation@lemmy.today to interestingasfuck · 21 days ago

The word "Scientist" was created for female scientists. (Men were called "Man of Science")

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The word "Scientist" was created for female scientists. (Men were called "Man of Science")

www.themarginalian.org

sanitation@lemmy.today to interestingasfuck · 21 days ago

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Meet Mary Somerville: The Brilliant Woman for Whom the Word “Scientist” Was Coined

www.themarginalian.org

How a Scottish polymath forever changed the course of gender in science and made a high art of connecting the seemingly disconnected.

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Ugh, the trans science agenda.

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