“Obviously we need to celebrate women physicists, because we’re out there,” she said. Strickland added that “hopefully in time it’ll start to move forward at a faster rate, maybe.”The awarding of the Nobel Prize in physics to Donna Strickland of Canada has ended a drought for women winning any of the prestigious prizes. Strickland is the first woman to be named a Nobel laureate since 2015. She is also only the third to have won the physics prize — the first was Marie Curie in 1903. Strickland was named on Tuesday along with scientists from the United States and France for their work with lasers.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer October 02, 2018 10:52 UTC