Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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We look at the Royal Society's amazing collection of personal objects relating to groundbreaking scientist and Nobel Prize winner Dorothy Hodgkin. Patron bonus material here: patreon.com/posts/138659413 -- More links below ↓↓↓

Featuring Keith Moore from the Royal Society.

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