tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34480619.post2051132432427474032..comments2024-03-11T13:47:03.621-05:00Comments on Physics and Physicists: Physicist Wins Glamour Magazine AwardZapperZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15861398273820851809noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34480619.post-16685632078054962682010-01-28T04:09:01.033-06:002010-01-28T04:09:01.033-06:00Prof. Donald,
Please know that I was not mocking ...Prof. Donald,<br /><br />Please know that I was not mocking you. I think it is an accomplishment in itself for you to be singled out by a magazine not known for having any knowledge of such an area.<br /><br />It is just that the magazine and "science" are just so ... contradictory. It's like Playboy Magazine giving an award modesty!<br /><br />I should have also quoted what you said towards the end of that article, where you hoped that the award gives science some free advertisement to girls who wouldn't have thought about it.<br /><br />In any case, congratulations on the award.<br /><br />Zz.ZapperZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15861398273820851809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34480619.post-38093857449465036102010-01-28T03:33:38.755-06:002010-01-28T03:33:38.755-06:00OK you may think it strange. So do I (particularly...OK you may think it strange. So do I (particularly as I knew nothing about it until someone wrote to congratulate me). BUT think about the demographics of the magazine. If we want more young women to choose physics - and we do don't we - then having science and technology identified by their 'lifestyle magazine' (as I believe Glamour is called) as an important subject has to be good news. Physics doesn't get much coverage in the average sort of media the teenage girl reads or watches, so we should be glad of any opportunity to say physics is an OK subject done by people who don't necessarily look like Frankenstein. So mock not! I'm the one who has to cope with the amusement of my peers.Athene Donaldnoreply@blogger.com