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Structure and Order: A century of symmetry with Judith Howard (2014x17)

Data de estreia: Mai 07, 2014

When the study of crystallography first began over a century ago, it would take scientists a year to read simple molecular structures. Technology advancements and corroborated methods have since shaped the crystallography landscape; enabling scientists, like Judith Howard, to solve simple molecular structures before her morning coffee! In this final part of our series, Judith explains her love affair with crystallography and the ever-changing methods enabling quicker and simpler decoding or increasingly complex structures. Plus, learn about Judith's experiences working with the inspirational pioneer of crystallography, Dorothy Hodgkin. The interview with Judith Howard took place before her Friday Evening Discourse at the Ri on 31 January 2014. Listen to the event: http://rigb.org/whats-on/events-2014/january/public-a-century-of-symmetry-discovered This film was supported by the Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC). The Ri is on Twitter: http://twitter.com/ri_science and Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/royalinstitution and Tumblr: http://ri-science.tumblr.com/ Our editorial policy: http://www.rigb.org/home/editorial-policy Subscribe for the latest science videos: http://bit.ly/RiNewsletter