'Physics was built by men': Cern suspends scientist over remarks
by Angela Giuffrida in Rome and Mattha Busby from on (#3ZXF3)
Italian professor's presentation deemed 'unacceptable' by Geneva research centre
A senior Italian scientist has been suspended after he sparked fury during a presentation at Cern, the European nuclear research centre in Geneva, when he said physics was "invented and built by men, it's not by invitation".
Prof Alessandro Strumia of Pisa University claimed during a seminar on gender issues in physics that male scientists were being discriminated against because of ideology.
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