Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA (Perennial)

“A vivid three-dimensional portrait of a sciencetist and human being … a moving biography.”–Daily Telegraph (London)
“Maddox does an excellent job of revisiting Franklin’s scientific contributions while revealing her complicated personality.”–Library Journal
“A finely crafted biography.”–Booklist
“Lively, absorbing and even handed … What emerges is the complex portrait of a passionate, flawed, courageous women.”–Washington Post Book World
“A joy to read.”–Sunday Telegraph
“A meticulous biography…[Rosalind Franklin] was the unacknowledged heroine of DNA, the Sylvia Plath of molecular biology.”–The Economist
“Thoughtful and engaging.”–Chicago Tribune
“A sensitive, sympathetic look at a women whose life was greater than the sum if its parts.”–New York Times Book Review
“An excellent biography … Maddox’s account of Franklin’s last years and premature death is moving and poignant.”–Women’s Review of Books
“In this sympathetic biography, Maddox …illuminates her subject as a gifted scientist and a complex woman.”–Publishers Weekly
“Maddox does justice to her subject as only the best biographers can.”–Los Angeles Times Book Review
“A gripping yet nuanced account … a magnificent biography.”–The Independent
“Able, balanced and well researched.”–Science
“Brenda Maddox has done a great service to science and history.”–San Francisco Chronicle Book Review