I died for beauty : Dorothy Wrinch and the cultures of science /

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"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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Senechal, Marjorie
Format: Book
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, c2013.
Subjects:
Wrinch, Dorothy, > 1894-1976.
Mathematicians > Argentina > Biography.
Biochemists > Argentina > Biography.
Women mathematicians > Biography.
Women biochemists > Biography.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Dorothy Wrinch. 1. Prologue
  • 2. Culture clash at Cold Spring Harbor
  • 3. Symmetry Festival
  • 4. Dot
  • Part II. Logics. 5. The Wrangler
  • 6. Dear Mr. Russell
  • 7. The Summation of Pleasure
  • 8. Scientific method
  • Part III. Biology in Transition. 9. The Spicules of Sponges
  • 10. Homes are Hell
  • 11. Metamorphoses
  • 12. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest
  • Part IV. Proteins and the Imagination. 13. Buzz
  • 14. The Cyclol Model
  • 5. What Is She Doing Here?
  • 16. "Linus and Dorothy," the Opera, with Talkback
  • Part V. The Rosetta Stone of the Solid State. 17. Crystals
  • 18. X-rays and Insulin
  • 19. Structure factors
  • 20. Amherst College Wife
  • Part VI. I Died for Beauty. 21. The Sequel
  • 22. Strange Doings at Sandoz
  • 23. Swan Song
  • 24. Epilogue.

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