Dorothy Hodgkin
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penicillin, 6, 17, 31–32, 34–35, 49, 55–56, 63, 81, 84, 109
pepsin, 16, 20, 33, 78
Perutz, Max, 26, 34, 38, 40, 44, 61, 75–76, 77, 84, 88
PhD, 9, 24, 69, 75, 80, 93, 105–106
Philpot, John, 33
Porter, Polly, 24, 62–63
protein crystallography, 16, 46
protein strands, 17
proteins, 5, 16–17, 25, 33, 44, 46, 51, 75, 89, 93
Pugwash movement, 6, 35
rheumatoid arthritis, 16
ribosome, 96, 105
Rogers-Low, Barbara, 81
role models, 69, 72, 87, 102
Röntgen, Wilhelm, 52, 56, 58
Somerville College, 15, 21, 23–24, 26, 72–73, 102
Sudan, 10–12, 15
synchrotron, 80, 104–105
synthesize, 34, 41, 51
Thatcher, Margaret, 90, 91
Vietnam War, 30
Vietnam, involvement with, 20, 29–30
viruses, 5, 20, 38, 44, 51, 79, 104
vitamin B12, 6, 34, 41, 70
von Laue, Max, 52, 56, 58, 60–61
Watson, James, 38, 40, 70–71, 79
Wilkins, Maurice, 38, 40, 70
women in the workforce, 25
World War I, 10, 12, 28, 82
World War II, 32, 35, 105
Wrinch, Dorothy, 73–75, 74
X-ray crystallography, 6–7, 15–16, 20, 23, 33, 38, 45, 49, 51–52, 58, 62–63, 67–68, 76, 80, 82, 97, 105
X-ray tube, 16, 52, 78, 104
X-rays, 13, 15–16, 46–47, 49, 52–53, 56, 58, 60–61, 68, 75, 78, 81, 97, 104
Yonath, Ada, 94, 95, 96, 105
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Kristin Thiel lives in Portland, Oregon, where she is a writer and editor of books, articles, and documents for businesses. She has worked on many of the books in the So, You Want to Be A... series, which offers career guidance for kids. She’s the lead writer on a report for her city about funding for high school dropout prevention. Thiel has judged YA book contests and helped start a Kids Voting USA affiliate. She has been a substitute teacher in grades K–12 and managed before-school and afterschool literacy programs for AmeriCorps VISTA. Thiel’s own scientific experiments include finding the best angles to bend her arm for comfortable snuggling for both her and her cat.