Product Information
*Shortlisted for the Duff Cooper Prize and the Marsh Biography Award* The definitive biography of chemist Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin, the only British woman to win a Nobel prize in the sciences to date. Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin (1910-1994) was passionate in her quest to understand the molecules of the living body. She won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1964 for her work on penicillin and Vitamin B12, and her study of insulin made her a pioneer in protein crystallography. Fully engaged with the political and social currents of her time, Hodgkin experienced radical change in women's education, the globalisation of science, relationships between East and West, and international initiatives for peace. Georgina Ferry's definitive biography of Britain's first female Nobel prizewinning scientist was shortlisted for the Duff Cooper Prize and the Marsh Biography Award. This revised and updated edition includes a new preface from the author.
Product Identifiers
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- ISBN-10
- 1448217601
- ISBN-13
- 9781448217601
- eBay Product ID (ePID)
- 27038365570
Product Key Features
- Book Title
- Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin : Patterns, Proteins and Peace: Alife in Science
- Author
- Georgina Ferry
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Topic
- Science & Technology
- Publication Year
- 2020
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography
- Number of Pages
- 560 Pages
Dimensions
- Item Length
- 5.2in.
- Item Height
- 1.4in.
- Item Width
- 7.8in.
- Item Weight
- 14.5 Oz
Additional Product Features
- Reviews
- This life of Hodgkin is in the top rank of scientific biographies, hooking the reader from the first page and keeping you absorbed to the end, This agreeable and well-written biography is the first to bring Dorothy Hodgkin to a wider audience. It deserves great success, "Ferry has brilliantly captured the flavour of a century of science" -- New Scientist "This life of Hodgkin is in the top rank of scientific biographies, hooking the reader from the first page and keeping you absorbed to the end" -- Sunday Times "This agreeable and well-written biography is the first to bring Dorothy Hodgkin to a wider audience. It deserves great success" -- Times Literary Supplement
- Copyright Date
- 2019
- Target Audience
- Trade
- Illustrated
- Yes