As a rule, I don’t like biographies about scientists. As a rule, I don’t even like a lot of science themed non-fiction. Based on those two rules, I shouldn’t have liked Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA, but I did.
Actually, I really liked it. It wasn’t the writing. It wasn’t because the race for DNA was compelling. I just plain liked Rosalind Franklin. Possibly because she reminds me of TW’s doctor (who I now call The Dark Lady of Digestion) and I like TW’s doctor a lot.
Whatever. I’m glad I finally made time to read this. I’m glad sassymonkey suggested it when I was looking for biographies for Michelle to read. Rosalind Franklin was cool.
hahaha. I totally didn’t remember suggesting this until I looked at it and had a vague recollection of trying to look up books that wouldn’t be a snooze.
It was the “the Sylvia Plath of molecular biology” comment in the Publisher’s Weekly review that made me suggest it.