Is 'Boffin' a Dirty Word? - Sixty Symbols
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 Published On Oct 22, 2023

We discuss a campaign to stop scientists being called "boffins". More links and info below ↓ ↓ ↓

Featuring University of Nottingham scientists Phil Moriarty, Martyn Poliakoff, Emma Chapman, and Oliver Gould.

Here is the Institute of Physics "Bin the Boffin" campaign - https://www.iop.org/strategy/limit-le...

And the Daily Star's response: https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/weir...

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