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The making of an exceptional scientist

Nature volume 464, pages 1268–1270 (2010)Cite this article

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Dorothy Hodgkin was born 100 years ago next month. Her biographer, Georgina Ferry, reflects on the factors that propelled the Nobel-prizewinning crystallographer to greatness.

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  1. Georgina Ferry is the author of Dorothy Hodgkin: A Life and Max Perutz and the Secret of Life. She is based in Oxford, UK. mgf@georginaferry.com ,

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Ferry, G. The making of an exceptional scientist. Nature 464, 1268–1270 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/4641268a

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