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An Eye for Pattern: The Letters of Dorothy Hodgkin

An intimate portrait of Dorothy Hodgkin, the only British woman to win a Nobel Prize for science, for cracking the chemical structures of penicillin and vitamin B12.

Radio 4 Extra,5 episodes

Episodes

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Episode 1
A portrait of Dorothy Hodgkin, the only female British scientist to win a Nobel Prize.
06 Oct 2014,15 mins
Episode 2
Dorothy Hodgkin and her lover wrestle with the internal structure of complex molecules.
07 Oct 2014,15 mins
Episode 3
In the 1940s, Dorothy made more scientific strides even with a baby.
08 Oct 2014,15 mins
Episode 4
Dorothy's reputation grew post-war, conquering the structure of penicillin.
09 Oct 2014,15 mins
Episode 5
Dorothy becomes the first woman to receive the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1964.
10 Oct 2014,15 mins