*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.