If you are working or studying within the bioscience field, you have probably at some time worked with the HeLa-cell line. Then you probably know that the name “HeLa” is an acronym for “Henrietta Lacks” as the cells origin from a woman with this name. But I am guessing that for most, that’s where the […]
On Dec 10th – the day of the Nobel prize dinner in Stockholm – I gave a lecture about the “Matilda effect”, based on my book with the same title. The lecture was arranged by “Folkeuniversitetet” and was based on the University of Copenhagen. The book is a graphic novel and follows four (partially) forgotten […]
These days, I am working hard on finalizing a graphic history about the Matilda-effect. The book is 100 % written and handdrawn by myself and is planned to come out Dec 10th (publisher: FADL’s). The book describes the Matilda-effect (the systematic under-recognition of female scientist) by focusing on four scientists, who were all active contributors […]
I am working on a book – a graphic novel / history about the Matilda effect (the systematic devaluation of female scientists). The book is centered around four scientists; two danish and two american, who all worked with polio and made significant contributions both to the general knowledge about the disease – and to the […]
Chien-Shiung Wu has been called “The first lady of physics”, “The Chinese Marie Curie” and “The queen of nuclear physics”, but incredibly enough, she is to most rather unknown. She has contributed with crucial discoveries in nuclear- and quantum physics and also contributed to the Manhattan-project. But she is, like the physician Lise Meitner, written […]
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 […]