My sister Rosalind Franklin / Jenifer Glynn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Glynn, Jenifer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Franklin, Rosalind, 1920-1958.

Scientists.

Women.

Research.

DNA.

Medical Subjects:

DNA.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

172 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.

Summary:

Scientist, feminist icon, heroine of the DNA story-the life of Rosalind Franklin continues to fascinate. Her key role in the discovery of the structure of DNA, the tense relations with Wilkins, the controversial remarks by Watson, and her early tragic death, which prevented the possibility of recognition in the Nobel Prize, have captured the public imagination.

In this brief and very personal account, Franklin's sister Jenifer Glynn gives a family view, incorporating many extracts from her letters. What is revealed is a bright, warm, vivacious, affectionate young woman, who loved life, and loved science. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Notting Hill 1

2 Childhood and Early Schooling 12

3 Early Education of a Scientist 24

4 A Science Student in Wartime Cambridge 38

5 A False Start 59

6 Winning the War, with Coals and Carbons 69

7 Happiness in Paris 82

8 Misery in London 112

9 Viruses, Models, and Success 133

10 Afterlife 154.

Notes:

Includes index and bibliographic references.

ISBN:

9780199699629

0199699623

OCLC:

759910858