Chloe Tergiman

This book opened my eyes both to how exciting and how poisonous a research environment can be. It also shows how history can be written in a way that minimizes or ignores the accomplishments and contributions of women and people in lesser positions of power more broadly. In this case, the riveting narrative of the history of the discovery of DNA, seen through the distorting lens of James Watson (who received the Nobel Prize for its discovery), marginalizes Rosalind Franklin’s crucial contributions.