Her Hidden Genius
Book description
"Brings to life Franklin's grit and spirit...an important contribution to the historical record." ―The Washington Post
The new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Mystery of Mrs. Christie!
She changed the world with her discovery. Three men took the credit.
Rosalind Franklin has always been an…
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Marie Benedict has written several novels now about overshadowed women in history, and this one might be my favorite.
Rosalind Franklin was the talented chemist whose experiments in X-ray crystallographic imaging were crucial to uncovering the double helix structure of DNA – a discovery, of course, long attributed exclusively to her former colleagues Francis Crick, James Watson, and Maurice Wilkins.
Benedict does a fabulous job of portraying the difficulties Rosalind faces as a female scientist in this era, constantly disrespected by many of her male colleagues and denied formal recognition by the scientific establishment.
I was fascinated (if at times…
From Charlie's list on history about women in science.
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