Marie Curie was the only woman invited to the Solvay Conference on Quantum Mechanics in 1927 (IMAGE)

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Marie Curie was the only woman invited to the Solvay Conference on Quantum Mechanics in 1927

Caption

Photo from the Solvay Conference on Quantum Mechanics in 1927 in which Marie Curie -- sitting in the front row, third from the left -- was the only woman invited.

Credit

Photograph by Benjamin Couprie, Institut International de Physique Solvay, Brussels, Belgium

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