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Agnes Pockels’ pioneering work was unfairly dismissed by tropes about women’s domestic roles
March 20, 2026
Agnes Pockels achievements in surface science have long been overshadowed by a popular and likely untrue story that she became interested in the subject while doing the dishes
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