“Science and everyday life cannot and should not be separated.”
— Rosalind Franklin
Said during her DNA research at King's College. She believed scientific understanding should inform daily life, not exist in isolation from it.
1951. King's College London. I was the only woman in the lab. Male colleagues dismissed my X-ray work as 'routine'. They didn't see the importance. Photo 51 showed DNA's structure clear as day. I knew what I had. They took it anyway. Your work matters even when nobody sees it. Especially then. Don't wait for permission to be brilliant.