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This photo is of the October, 1927 Fifth Solvay International Conference on Electrons and Photons, where the world’s most notable physicists met to discuss the newly formulated quantum theory. The leading figures were Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr.
But the reason this photo hung in my office for the past 4 and half years was because of the lone female scientist in the photo, Marie Curie. Of the 17 Nobel Prize winners in this photo, she was the only one to win twice in two scientific disciplines. I will always be inspired by women who step forward to work in male-dominated fields.
Good luck to Carolyn Bertram, Kathleen Casey, Paula Biggar, Janice Sherry and Valerie Docherty. Be yourselves and stay strong.
