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Unseating Feynman, and Fermi
Do physicists whitewash the legacy of Enrico Fermi the same way they do Richard Feynman? Feynman disguised his sexism as pranks and jokes, and writers have spent thousands of pages offering his virtues as a great physicist and teacher as … Continue reading
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Tagged Enrico Fermi, feminism, Leo Szilard, nuclear weapons, Richard Feynman, science and society, sexism, Szilard petition
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What’s common to #yesallwomen, scripta manent, good journalism and poka-yoke?
A professing of intelligence without continuous practice can, and will, occasionally legitimise immature thinking. Continue reading
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Tagged #notallmen, #yesallwomen, Annie Zaidi, climate change, false balance, Fatal Beatings, feminism, Franz Rosenzweig, free speech, Indian Constitution, intelligence, molestation, patriarchy, poka-yoke, Rowan Atkinson, slapstick, The Quint, written word
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