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Obsessive Genius

by Barbara Goldsmith, Noʻah Ben-Porat · November 15, 2004

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Draws on diaries, letters, and family interviews to discuss the lesser-known achievements and scientific insights of the Nobel Prize-winning scientist, documenting how she was compromised by the prejudices of a male-dominated society.

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