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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Science
Mabel Banfield-Nwachi

BIZARRE: Physicist 98 honoured with doctorate 75 years after groundbreaking discovery - You Need To See This

Sir Paul Nurse shakes hands with Rosemary Fowler
Rosemary Fowler receives an honorary doctorate from Sir Paul Nurse, chancellor of the University of Bristol. Photograph: David Johnson/PA

A trailblazing physicist who gave up her PhD 75 years ago to have a family has received an honorary doctorate from her former university.

Rosemary Fowler, 98, discovered the kaon particle during her doctoral research under Cecil Powell at the University of Bristol in 1948, which contributed to his Nobel prize for physics in 1950.

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