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World Service,20 Nov 1998,28 mins

Dorothy Hodgkin: Scientist and Nobel Prize Winner

Everywoman

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A new book about British scientist and Nobel Prize winner Dorothy Hodgkin talks about her commitment to left-wing politics as well as pioneering work in x-ray crystalography. An interview with the author. Also on the programme: Why some Austrian men can't find a wife. The Everywoman diary comes from a Ghanaian midwife.

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