Rosalind Franklin

“Maddox does justice to her subject as only the best biographers can.” — Los Angeles Times Book Review
“Lively, absorbing and even handed … What emerges is the complex portrait of a passionate, flawed, courageous women.” — Washington Post Book World
“Brenda Maddox has done a great service to science and history.” — San Francisco Chronicle Book Review
“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
“Able, balanced and well researched.” — Science
“Maddox does an excellent job of revisiting Franklin’s scientific contributions while revealing her complicated personality.” — Library Journal
“A finely crafted biography.” — Booklist
“A gripping yet nuanced account … a magnificent biography.” — The Independent
“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
“A vivid three-dimensional portrait of a sciencetist and human being … a moving biography.” — Daily Telegraph (London)