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Hildegard von Bingen

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Women have always struggled to be allowed to take a part of science and intellectual work. One of those who fought for this – with succes – was Hildegard von Bingen, a medieval nun. She has been called one of the most influental women from the middle ages, which otherwise was a period where women […]

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Keeping up my drawing skills

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I always carry my sketching book and pencils when I travel, just in case I have time and opportunity to sit down and draw somewhere. Because I love it – and also to practise my drawing skills. I have just visited beautiful Lugano in the italian-speaking canton Ticino of Switzerland. There, I drawed this piazza […]

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Lise Meitner, Oppenheimer and the Matilda-effect

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Why is Lise Meitner ‘forgotten’ in the Oppenheimer film? The Matilda-effect in 2023 Article and illustration by Ann-Louise Bergström (alb@movingscience.dk) The makers behind this summer’s blockbuster film, “Oppenheimer“, have forgotten – or omitted on purpose – the person, who calculated and formulated the theory behind the atomic fission process (which is the scientific basis for […]