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by DoreenMichele 1523 days ago
It has come to light that Einstein's first wife likely was co-author of his papers but got no credit due her gender.[1] I see no mention of that in either article.

Historically, it was sort of a given that a man's career was supported by the labor of a wife. This assumption is baked into how we design jobs and it's problematic in a world where that's less true than it once was.

If you don't count hidden contributions of that sort, you will never figure out some reproducible formula.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24964646

1 comments

> Einstein's first wife likely was co-author of his papers

What’s the source for that claim? This just links to another of your own comments, which is also unsourced.

This just links to another of your own comments, which is also unsourced.

No, it doesn't link to a comment by me at all. It links to an HN discussion of the article about that very topic. It just so happens my comment is the top comment there which I didn't remember when I went looking for it.