To be delighted that a woman has won the Nobel prize in Physics

[MaybeDoctor]

Congratulations, Professor Donna Strickland!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-45655151

The first woman to do so since Marie Curie.

But strangely, the BBC can't seem to put it on the front page!

My mistake - one other woman to do since Marie Curie.

'Donna Strickland, from Canada, is only the third woman winner of the award, along with Marie Curie, who won in 1903, and Maria Goeppert-Mayer, who was awarded the prize in 1963.'

It’s great news, isn’t it?

It is indeed - though I look forward to the day when the fact the winner is female is no longer news worthy!

I didn't know this - thanks for sharing.

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Frankly I was amazed that she is really a woman and not a man claiming to be a woman to get on the list.

IlPorcupinoNilSodomyEst That's basically saying she only got on the list because she's a woman. Nice!

Yanbu, OP, great achievement. Also, it was on the front page 3 days ago when it was announced.

No, not at all, it just seems these days if a woman wins something it's actually a trans woman.

It is great, I think IllPorcupino was trying some irony. Recently a man who occasionally likes to dress in women's clothes won top 100 businesswoman of the year.

A woman also won the Peace Prize with her male colleague! The second youngest to ever win (after Malala Yousufzai, of course).

IlPorcupino is being extremely hyperbolic.

Frankly I was amazed that she is really a woman and not a man claiming to be a woman to get on the list.

As soon as I saw the topic, I knew this would be a comment.