'Her Hidden Genius'—a retelling of Rosalind Franklin’s story—offers a compelling look at the scientist’s impressive and all-too-short life, argues a new SciMagBooks review. It also raises broader questions about the scientific enterprise. ScienceCareers
, author Marie Benedict transports readers to another time: Europe is rebuilding after World War II, the shock of the Holocaust reverberates, food rationing abounds. But the story’s central struggles will feel all too familiar to anyone who has set foot in a modern scientific laboratory, as much of the action takes place in research environments beset with bullying, competition, and sexism.
We meet Franklin on the streets of Paris as she walks to her first day of work at the Laboratoire Central des Services Chimiques. The 26-year-old, who received her PhD from the University of Cambridge 2 years earlier, is greeted warmly by lab members—a welcome change from her experience in England.
On the first day in her new lab, Franklin learns that she is to use her x-ray crystallography skills to decipher the structure of DNA. A physical scientist by training, she balks at first, responding, “Pardon?…Not crystalline substances?” But she quickly dives headfirst into the task, working long hours to generate images of DNA with unprecedented clarity.
The book ends with Franklin, aged 37, on her deathbed. She was diagnosed with ovarian cancer a year and a half earlier while doing pioneering work on RNA viruses at Birkbeck College. She continued that work while undergoing treatment, at one point believing she had been cured. “Science has taken care of me. As it always has,” she declares. But the cancer comes back, and she dies in London on 16 April 1958.
France Dernières Nouvelles, France Actualités
Similar News:Vous pouvez également lire des articles d'actualité similaires à celui-ci que nous avons collectés auprès d'autres sources d'information.
Blackpink's Jennie’s Best Red Carpets Prove Why She’s ‘Human Chanel’She's worn pretty much every color tweed you can imagine.
Lire la suite »
Family sues hospital after they say DNA test indicates daughter isn't related to dadJessica Harvey Galloway and her parents are suing Summa Health and a doctor in Ohio after learning she is unrelated to her dad following a DNA test.
Lire la suite »
Rebel Wilson Gets Protection From Man Who Allegedly Claimed to Be Her Baby DaddyRebel Wilson is getting protection from a man she claims keeps showing up at her home imagining they have a son together.
Lire la suite »
Imagine a World Without SpotifyAs welcome as the recent protests against Spotify are, alexrossmusic writes, they do not address the fundamental injustice of the streaming economy.
Lire la suite »