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Senechal, Marjorie.
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Wrinch, Dorothy, 1894-1976.
Mathematicians -- Argentina -- Biography.
Biochemists -- Argentina -- Biography.
Women mathematicians -- Biography.
Women biochemists -- Biography.
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I died for beauty : Dorothy Wrinch and the cultures of science / Marjorie Senechal.
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Senechal, Marjorie.
New York : Oxford University Press, c2013.
Subjects
Wrinch, Dorothy, 1894-1976.
Mathematicians -- Argentina -- Biography.
Biochemists -- Argentina -- Biography.
Women mathematicians -- Biography.
Women biochemists -- Biography.
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9780199732593 (hardback) :
0199732590 (hardback)
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ix, 300 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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Machine generated contents note: -- Part I Dorothy Wrinch -- Chapter 1. Prologue -- Chapter 2. Culture clash at Cold Spring Harbor -- Chapter 3. Symmetry Festival -- Chapter 4. Dot -- Part II Logics -- Chapter 5. The Wrangler -- Chapter 6. Dear Mr. Russell -- Chapter 7. The Summation of Pleasures -- Chapter 8. Scientific method -- Part III Biology in Transition -- Chapter 9. The Spicules of Sponges -- Chapter 10. Homes are Hell -- Chapter 11. Metamorphoses -- Chapter 12. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest -- Notes and References for Part III -- Part IV Proteins and the Imagination -- Chapter 13. Hornet Buzz -- Chapter 14. The Cyclol Model -- Chapter 15. What Is She Doing Here? -- Chapter 16. "Linus and Dorothy," the Opera, with Talkback -- Part V The Rosetta Stone of the Solid State -- Chapter 17. Crystals -- Chapter 18. X-rays and Insulin -- Chapter 19. Structure factors -- Chapter 20. Amherst College Wife -- Part VI I Died for Beauty -- Chapter 21. The Sequel -- Chapter 22. Strange Doings at Sandoz -- Chapter 23. Swan Song -- Chapter 24. Epilogue -- Cast of Characters -- Appendix -- Acknowledgments -- Notes and References -- Index.
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"A biography of Dorothy Wrinch"--
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