Thursday, October 03, 2013

Paradox of the day – IQ and high-level physics

"Richard Feynman’s I.Q. was a less-than-remarkable 125."

"Why Are There Still So Few Women in Science?", Eileen Pollack, New York Times Magazine, 2013-10-03.

Richard Feynman was a Noble laureate in physics.

For more on Richard Feynman, see also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Feynman.

Apropos women in science, he encouraged his younger sister to be a scientist.  She has a Ph.D. in physics and has made major contributions to the study of solar wind.  Take your pick of thousands of entries on her with a search of "Joan Feynman physicist".