Alexandre Brongniart (5 February 1770 – 7 October 1847) was a French chemist, mineralogist, and zoologist, who collaborated with Georges Cuvier on a study of the geology of the region around Paris. Brongniart was also the founder of the Musée national de Céramique-Sèvres (National Museum...
Men and women performed equally well when paid the same, the researchers find. However, men outperformed women when the pay was made competitive. "The average performance of men increases, while that of women is not affected," the researchers wrote. Women, they added, "do not 'give up' wh...