When I was young, everyone around me said that science was a field for men to pursue and that it was too difficult for women. They said there was a fundamental intellectual difference between men and women, and between girls and boys. The assumed role of women in society was to take care of the family. I did not accept these notions. I liked mathematics and all of the sciences, especially physics. It became my goal to show, through my own example, that I could do science as well as men could.
展开▼
