(Image: British postage stamp honoring Hodgkin)
At the beginning of the course, I explained that the science we are discussing intersects with other aspects of life in many ways, and that I'd discuss those ways on occasion. For anyone interested in how women have been portrayed in science journalism, here's a headline from when Hodgkin won the Nobel Prize, and another, plus a newer checklist developed to help science journalists think clearly about whether their writing rehashes cliches at the expense of explaining the science and the scientist's achievements. Here you can read a little detail about the exclusion of women in research discussions in the time and place where Hodgkin was making discoveries.
