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Feedback: The forgotten dolls of science

2 April 2014

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Forgotten dolls of science

COLLEAGUES were recently racking their brains to remember the names of women whose contribution to science has been forgotten – as has happened to Marthe Gautier (see “Who really decoded Down’s syndrome?“). Conversation turned to reasons why girls might be discouraged from becoming scientists and, bang on cue, an article appeared, entitled ““, about a paper concluding just that – see .

So who played with Barbies, yet still reached the exalted heights of…

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