The correspondence of Dorothy Hodgkin (1910-1994) introduced by her biographer, Georgina Ferry. Later in life, Dorothy combined scientific research with actively campaigning for peace, travelling to China and Russia during the Cold War and late

Episode 4

Oct 9th, 2014 13m 44s

The correspondence of Dorothy Hodgkin (1910-1994) introduced by her biographer, Georgina Ferry. After the war, Dorothy juggled pioneering research with bringing up three children. Having cracked the structure of penicillin in 1945, she embarked

Episode 3

Oct 8th, 2014 13m 58s

The correspondence of Nobel Prize winning scientist, Dorothy Hodgkin (1910-1994), introduced by her biographer, Georgina Ferry. In the 1940s, Dorothy worked on the structure of a new medicine with a miraculous reputation, penicillin: making her

Episode 2

Oct 7th, 2014 13m 44s

The correspondence of the Nobel Prize winning scientist, Dorothy Hodgkin (1910-1994), introduced by her biographer, Georgina Ferry. In the early 1930s, Dorothy embraced x-ray crystallography, working with her phD supervisor and lover, J.D. Bern

Episode 1

Oct 6th, 2014 13m 30s

The correspondence of Dorothy Hodgkin (1910-1994), broadcast for the first time to celebrate the 50th anniversary of her winning the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1964. Her letters, introduced by her biographer Georgina Ferry, reveal a passionat

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