According to The Guardian, physicist Rosemary Fowler received her doctorate 75 years after her major scientific discovery. She discovered the kaon particle in 1948.
Her discovery revolutionized the understanding of elementary particles and continues to influence modern science. Fowler’s work also predicted the existence of other particles, most notably the Higgs boson.
At that time, Rosemary was working at the University of Bristol under Cecil Frank Powell. The discovery of the scientist helped him receive the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1950. The fact is that the girl married her colleague Peter Fowler a year earlier and left the university without receiving her doctorate. According to Rosemary, the decision to leave science was a practical one, because after the war she had three children.
At the graduation ceremony, University Chancellor Sir Paul Nurse celebrated her contribution to science, saying: “Ms Fowler’s intellectual rigour and curiosity paved the way for critical discoveries that continue to shape the work of modern physicists and our understanding of the universe.” At the event, Rosemary said she was honoured to receive her PhD.
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Source: People Talk
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