I was responding at first to Dusan, apologies if I misrepresented your argument. But no matter, as you and I are beyond niceties now. Lol
Your opinion is that Marie Curie is not a major contribution whereas mine is that she is. And her scientific peers would lend evidence to mine by awarding her two Nobels. The only person in Nobel history to win awards in two different sciences.
What I'm unsure of is why you wouldn't concede Curie as a major contribution? It wouldn't harm your overall premise. There are always outliers and exceptions. She seems like an obvious example of one to me. None of the others I listed would I call major or revolutionary, even if I think them significant. De Beauovoir is very significant to shaping the modern discourse, but that's more of a social/culture thing than philosophical per se.
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I have had his short story collection
The Shell Collector on my shelf for several years but have never picked it up. I shall try to find the novel though.