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Author Senechal, Marjorie

Title I died for beauty : Dorothy Wrinch and the cultures of science / Marjorie Senechal
Published New York : Oxford University Press, ©2013

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 300 pages) : illustrations
Contents Prologue -- Culture clash at Cold Spring Harbor -- Symmetry Festival -- Dot -- The wrangler -- Dear Mr. Russell -- The summation of pleasures -- Scientific method -- The spicules of sponges -- Homes are Hell -- Metamorphoses -- The girl who kicked the hornets' nest -- Buzz -- The cyclol model -- What is she doing here? -- "Linus and Dorothy," the opera, with talkback -- Crystals -- X-rays and insulin -- Structure factors -- Amherst college wife -- The sequel -- Strange doings at Sandoz -- Swan song -- Epilogue
Summary "A biography of Dorothy Wrinch"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Wrinch, Dorothy, 1894-1976.
SUBJECT Wrinch, Dorothy, 1894-1976. fast (OCoLC)fst00123394
Subject Mathematicians -- Argentina -- Biography
Biochemists -- Argentina -- Biography
Women mathematicians -- Biography
Women biochemists -- Biography
Biochemists.
Mathematicians.
Women biochemists.
Women mathematicians.
Wiskundigen.
Argentina.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Biografieën (vorm)
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780199732593
0199732590
9781283717281
128371728X