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“When I was a physics major in the late 1970s, my very few fellow female students and I had high hopes that women would soon stand equal with men in science. But progress has proved slower than many of us imagined.”

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Margaret Wertheim
Margaret Wertheim

Margaret Wertheim is a writer born in 1958. She is known for her interdisciplinary works in the fields of science, art, and philosophy, particularly for her writings on mathematics and physics. more

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