Optional@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoSay It With Us: Paola Nogales-Ascarrunzlemmy.worldimagemessage-square127fedilinkarrow-up1409arrow-down162
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minus-squareZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days 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