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I Died for Beauty : Dorothy Wrinch and the Cultures of Science.

In the vein of A Beautiful Mind, The Man Who Loved Only Numbers, and Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA, this volume tells the poignant story of the brilliant, colorful, controversial mathematician named Dorothy Wrinch. Drawing on her own personal and professional relationship with Wrinch and a...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Senechal, Marjorie
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, USA, 2012.
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505 8 |a 19 Structure Factors20 Amherst College Wife; PART VI: I Died for Beauty; 21 The Sequel; 22 Strange Doings at Sandoz; 23 Swan Song; 24 Epilogue; Cast of Characters; Appendix; Acknowledgments; References and Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z. 
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