Zócalo Public SquareA Mathematician, Miranda Rights, and Those Darn Millennials – Zócalo Public Square https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org Ideas Journalism With a Head and a Heart Mon, 21 Oct 2024 07:01:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 A Mathematician, Miranda Rights, and Those Darn Millennials https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/2012/12/12/a-mathematician-miranda-rights-and-those-darn-millenials/books/the-six-point-inspection/ https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/2012/12/12/a-mathematician-miranda-rights-and-those-darn-millenials/books/the-six-point-inspection/#respond Wed, 12 Dec 2012 08:01:38 +0000 Zocalo https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/?p=43402 The nutshell: Mathematician Dorothy Wrinch, the first woman to receive a doctor of science degree from Oxford, was a friend of Bertrand Russell, a pioneer in the study of proteins, and the respected peer of Niels Bohr, D’Arcy Thompson, and many leading scientists and thinkers. But after losing a controversial scientific feud—one that had more than a little to do with her gender—she faded from memory. Smith College mathematician Senechal, who worked with Wrinch at the end of her career, reconstructs the life of a woman in the world of science and academia in the mid-20th century.

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]]> The nutshell: Mathematician Dorothy Wrinch, the first woman to receive a doctor of science degree from Oxford, was a friend of Bertrand Russell, a pioneer in the study of proteins, and the respected peer of Niels Bohr, D’Arcy Thompson, and many leading scientists and thinkers. But after losing a controversial scientific feud—one that had more than a little to do with her gender—she faded from memory. Smith College mathematician Senechal, who worked with Wrinch at the end of her career, reconstructs the life of a woman in the world of science and academia in the mid-20th century.

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