Rosalind Franklin plaque can inspire women scientists | Brief letters
by Letters from on (#3HZVT)
Sites of scientific discoveries | Alf Tupper | Pyrgic puzzles | Geological mnemonics | Paralympics
I enjoyed Brian Cox's lively tour of sites of scientific discoveries (Travel, 10 March), but there was a glaring omission. The Eagle pub in Cambridge also has a plaque to Rosalind Franklin, a woman who played a significant part in the discovery of the structure of DNA. Young women scientists need to be inspired too.
Rae Street
Littleborough, Greater Manchester
" Following the coverage of Sir Roger Bannister's achievement (Obituary, 5 March), I wonder if any readers remember that Alf Tupper, the "Tough of the Track" from the Rover comic of my teenage years, actually ran the first four-minute mile in the 1950s. He was timed by a railway employee, who, of course, had a very accurate timepiece.
John O Machin
Calverley, West Yorkshire