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Dorothy M. Wrinch
(12 Sep 1894 - 11 Feb 1976)
English mathematician and biologist who was the first woman to receive a Doctor of Science degree at Oxford University. She was versatile in pure mathematics, theoretical physics, molecular biology, philosophy and sociology. Wrinch applied mathematical principles to research into unlocking the key to protein structure.
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Science Quotes by Dorothy M. Wrinch (1 quote)
First they said my [cyclol] structure [of proteins] couldn’t exist. Then when it was found in Nature they said it couldn’t be synthesized in a laboratory. Then when it was synthesized they said it wasn’t important in any way.
— Dorothy M. Wrinch
Quoted in Maureen M. Julian in G. KassSimon and Patricia Farnes (eds.), Women of Science (1990), 368.
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- 12 Sep - short biography, births, deaths and events on date of Wrinch's birth.
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
(1987) -- 
