It was only a couple of weeks ago that physicist Florence Bell had a seminar room named in her honour when the new Bragg building was opened at the University of Leeds. Now, thanks to an interview for the ‘Naked Scientists’ podcast she’s just made it onto BBC radio. At this rate, this once unsung heroine of the DNA story, won’t be quite so unsung any more – and that’s no bad thing.
There’s plenty more about Bell in the new revised edition of my book ‘The Man in the Monkeynut Coat’ which is due to be released in paperback on 2nd Aug. But in the meantime, click here to find out more about how the ‘housewife’ with X-ray vision helped to pave the way for the discovery of the double-helix…