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− | + | [[File:Marie_Curie_c1920.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5| Portrait of Marie Curie. (from Wikimedia Commons)]] | |
==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | The | + | {{w|incomplete|The current explanation is basically just a summary of the text, or even just tells you to read it again... Totally lacks discussing the two other women scientist, and also very short on Marie. There is hardly any discussion of the life lessons mentioned. What are they?}} |
+ | [[Ponytail]] is standing (possibly by herself and talking to herself) and looking at a picture of {{w|Marie Curie}}. When she mentions Marie Curie's name, Zombie Marie Curie comes forth to give some life lessons and inspiration. | ||
− | Marie Curie | + | Marie Curie pioneered research on {{w|radioactivity}} and as it says in the comic she earned two {{w|Nobel prizes}}. She died from {{w|aplastic anemia}} contracted from exposure to radiation — although in the title text it says that it did not kill her permanently, because as we see here, she came back as a {{w|zombie}}. |
− | + | Everything that Zombie Marie Curie says about {{w|Emmy Noether}} and {{w|Lise Meitner}} above is true as well. | |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[Ponytail is looking | + | :[Ponytail is looking at a picture of Marie Curie.] |
:Ponytail: My teacher always told me that if I applied myself, I could become the next Marie Curie. | :Ponytail: My teacher always told me that if I applied myself, I could become the next Marie Curie. | ||
− | :Zombie Marie Curie (off- | + | :Zombie Marie Curie (off-screen): You know, I wish they'd get over me. |
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+ | :[Ponytail turns around.] | ||
:Ponytail: Zombie Marie Curie! | :Ponytail: Zombie Marie Curie! | ||
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:Zombie Marie Curie: Not that I don't deserve it. These two Nobels ain't decorative. But I make a sorry role model if girls just see me over and over as the one token lady scientist. | :Zombie Marie Curie: Not that I don't deserve it. These two Nobels ain't decorative. But I make a sorry role model if girls just see me over and over as the one token lady scientist. | ||
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:Zombie Marie Curie: Lise Meitner figured out that nuclear fission was happening, while her colleague Otto was staring blankly at their data in confusion, and proved Enrico Fermi wrong in the process. Enrico and Otto both got Nobel Prizes. Lise got a National Women's Press Club award. | :Zombie Marie Curie: Lise Meitner figured out that nuclear fission was happening, while her colleague Otto was staring blankly at their data in confusion, and proved Enrico Fermi wrong in the process. Enrico and Otto both got Nobel Prizes. Lise got a National Women's Press Club award. | ||
:Zombie Marie Curie: They finally named an element after her, but not until 60 years later. | :Zombie Marie Curie: They finally named an element after her, but not until 60 years later. | ||
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:Zombie Marie Curie: Emmy Noether fought past her Victorian-era finishing-school upbringing, pursued mathematics by auditing classes, and, after finally getting a Ph.D, was permitted to teach only as an unpaid lecturer (often under male colleagues' names). | :Zombie Marie Curie: Emmy Noether fought past her Victorian-era finishing-school upbringing, pursued mathematics by auditing classes, and, after finally getting a Ph.D, was permitted to teach only as an unpaid lecturer (often under male colleagues' names). | ||
:Ponytail: Was she as good as them? | :Ponytail: Was she as good as them? | ||
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:Ponytail: Oh. | :Ponytail: Oh. | ||
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:Zombie Marie Curie: But you don't become great by trying to be great. You become great by wanting to do something, and then doing it so hard that you become great in the process. | :Zombie Marie Curie: But you don't become great by trying to be great. You become great by wanting to do something, and then doing it so hard that you become great in the process. | ||
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:Zombie Marie Curie: So don't try to be the next me, Noether, or Meitner. Just remember that if you want to do this stuff, you're not alone. | :Zombie Marie Curie: So don't try to be the next me, Noether, or Meitner. Just remember that if you want to do this stuff, you're not alone. | ||
:Ponytail: Thanks. | :Ponytail: Thanks. | ||
:Zombie Marie Curie: Also, avoid radium. Turns out it kills you. | :Zombie Marie Curie: Also, avoid radium. Turns out it kills you. | ||
:Ponytail: I'll try. | :Ponytail: I'll try. | ||
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Ponytail]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Ponytail]] | ||
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[[Category:Zombies]] | [[Category:Zombies]] | ||
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[[Category:Science]] | [[Category:Science]] |