Marjorie Senechal

I feel bad whenever I mark something as a 2, but the "It was ok" sums up my feelings better than "liked it"

Rushed to finish this because I forgot it was due until the reminder email came, so I likely didn't take the time to mull over it as I ought to have. But then again, I'm not entirely sure I can relate to a mathematical approach to biochemistry (which is ironic because genetics has all kinds of statistics). I also tend to err on the side of truth being beauty rather than the reverse. Snarly, tangled cladistics? Bring it. But finding a mathematically elegant method for protein structure? Eeeh.

An interesting read for perspectives of an early female scientist, and for the passion behind proving a theory, but there's almost a tragedy in how her model for protein structure wasn't quite right (to be fair, protein folding is still an exciting field, but it's not always 'fabrics').… (altro)