Jules Verne
Topsy-Turvy
language
(Prabhat Prakashan Oct. 25, 2018)
“Then Mr Maston; you pretend that a woman has never been able to make mathematical or experimental-science progress?”
“To my extreme regret; I am obliged to; Mrs. Scorbitt;” answered J.T. Maston.
“That there have been some very remarkable women in mathematics; especially in Russia; I fully and willingly agree with you. But; with her cerebral conformation; she cannot become an Archimedes; much less a Newton.”