Optional@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoSay It With Us: Paola Nogales-Ascarrunzlemmy.worldimagemessage-square123linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoThen there’s me, knowing about Mary Somerville, confused, because the word was invented to include women. The term before was ‘man of science’ and it so seemed inappropriate a term for Mary. Hence: ‘scientist’. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Somerville
Then there’s me, knowing about Mary Somerville, confused, because the word was invented to include women. The term before was ‘man of science’ and it so seemed inappropriate a term for Mary. Hence: ‘scientist’.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Somerville