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As someone who studied (and taught!) physics for a while, I'd argue that engineering is more important than science, and has more of an image problem - most children simply have no idea what a modern engineer does, yet most have some concept that scientists come up with theories and do experiments and such.
So how about putting Brunel on the note? Or perhaps, if you want a female, how about Ada Lovelace, the first programmer?

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So to appease those who think that what is between your legs is more important than what is between your ears, we remove the only scientist from our banknotes. What message does that send to this generation of schoolchildren who we desperately need to go into science?
(Only half-joking)



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