The author states that she based her fictionalized account of Rosalind Franklin‘s journey through her career, on the book by Anne Sayre, Rosalind Franklin and DNA, a non-fiction account. I plan to read her book when I can find it. This is one of those books that stays with me, is connected to the greater world now, & inspires me to keep digging & learn more!
I realize this book is a fictionalized account of Rosalind Franklin‘s professional life,but I fluctuate from admiration of her genius & anger at how difficult for women it was to get recognition.With the backdrop of the politicized Supreme Court‘s recent decision re:women‘s rights,I have to take breaks from reading.Researched lots.
https://www.sciencehistory.org/historical-profile/james-watson-francis-crick-mau...
#jubilantjuly check in:
Read 20 pp. of Denise Levertov- so dense with information that it is slow going.But I am so sucked in! I find myself looking up new vocabulary like “bathos‘ frequently.Finished A Different Kind of Evil,Read 2 chapters in Her Hidden Genius,50 pp.Murder in the Air, 50 % of Hiding the Past,listened to 3 chapters in Something Blue.Today it‘s going to be in high 90s so we are hunkering down in our air conditioned family room.
Started this today. Library find. I had never heard of Rosalind Franklin, a chemist & pioneer in the field of X-ray crystallography. Her work was central to the understanding of the molecular structures of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid), RNA (ribonucleic acid), viruses, coal, and graphite.* Crick and Watson utilized her experimental data to build their model of DNA in 1953.
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pickI enjoyed this book very much. It looked into the life of a relatively unknown scientist who worked tirelessly to uncover the mysteries of DNA. Rosalind Franklin's work enriched our knowledge of science and had been largely overlooked because 3 men took credit for it.
January was a solid reading month. When there are restrictions on your social life, you read about others people's lives instead. Had to tag one book so I chose my most recent read. Sorry the picture is cut off though....def new at this.
so-soReview is up on my blog! This one was just ok…
https://reecaspieces.com/2022/01/27/her-hidden-genius-by-marie-benedict-sourcebo...
Her Hidden Genius: A Novel | 
