• Question: say you host a dinner party, who would you invite - they can be alive or dead!

    Asked by anon-226176 to Sameed, Jose, joannabarstow, Heidi, Freya, Chris on 20 Nov 2019. This question was also asked by anon-226177, anon-226187.
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      Joanna Barstow answered on 20 Nov 2019:


      I wouldn’t mind inviting Caroline and William Herschel. They were brother and sister. Caroline was the first professional female scientist (in that she was paid to do science), and William was the first president of the Royal Astronomical Society when it formed in 1820. William was also a talented composer and musician and Caroline was a trained singer.

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