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Just a few chapters in on the tagged. A BFF asked me to read Awake so we can discuss. I am going in with low expectations. Switching to print on the Giuffre and maybe alternate with the Austen when a break is necessary.
pickA terrific look into the personalities around the discovery of the structure of DNA in 1953. James Watson, Francis Crick, and Maurice Wilkins split a Nobel Prize in 1962. Rosalind Franklin, whose famous stolen x-ray photograph 51 provided a critical key, had died of ovarian cancer. But she was hardly mentioned. She was written out of the story. Later, Watson villainized her. This book attempts to correct the story.
Trying a new audiobook, currently free on audible.
pickHer Hidden Genius is about the life and work of Rosalind Franklin whose work was instrumental in discovering the structure of DNA. She faced many obstacles as a woman in science and this fictionalized account of her life includes not only her difficulties with colleagues in the lab but also her parents, who struggled to comprehend her passion for research. Yet she remained committed to her work despite everything ⬇️
Spotted in the library parking lot.
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