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A review by janethewriter
Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA by Brenda Maddox
5.0
Before finding this book by accident, I had little idea about Rosalind Franklin -- who she was, what she accomplished, or how she was robbed of the credit she deserved for her work at the time by the very men and fellow scientists who benefitted most from it -- and went on to win the Nobel Prize, thanks, in part, to Photo 51.
An entirely different facet of her life intrigued me, too. Her family's Jewish history and a relative's role in British-ruled Palestine, as well as the possibility that she carried a BRCA mutation, which may have contributed to her death from ovarian cancer at age 38, were fascinating aspects of her life -- especially to a fellow BRCA mutation carrier.
I recently found a second book about her, "My Sister Rosalind Franklin: A Family Memoir," written by her younger sister, Jenifer Glynn, and I look forward to reading that one as well.
An entirely different facet of her life intrigued me, too. Her family's Jewish history and a relative's role in British-ruled Palestine, as well as the possibility that she carried a BRCA mutation, which may have contributed to her death from ovarian cancer at age 38, were fascinating aspects of her life -- especially to a fellow BRCA mutation carrier.
I recently found a second book about her, "My Sister Rosalind Franklin: A Family Memoir," written by her younger sister, Jenifer Glynn, and I look forward to reading that one as well.