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by pessimist 974 days ago
Hard to say its the most appalling. Two more appalling omissions are Lisa Meitner for nuclear fission, and Chien-Shiung Wu for parity violation, since effectively others were given the prize for the work and their contributions overlooked.
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If you want to be constantly irritated, read about Rosalind Franklin. (And yes, I know she died before the Nobels were announced, that's not the point.)
What is the point? Something unrelated to the Nobel Prize?
I'd not heard of Chieng-Shiung Wu, so I have reading to do. Fwiw, it's _Lise_ Meitner.
thanks for the thread. fascinating reading - also just submitted a link about women who didn’t win the prize but deserved it.