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How I found an unexpected connection to science in the works of Iris Murdoch – by a molecular biophysicist

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par Rivka Isaacson, Professor of Molecular Biophysics, King's College London

When I first began appropriating the plots of British-Irish novelist Iris Murdoch’s novels to explain scientific concepts, I never stopped to think about whether Murdoch herself would have approved of such an endeavour.

As a professor of molecular biophysics, I find that in both scientific research and all aspects of life, there can be great advantage in thinking differently. I’ve recently given some sessions on this at the Physics of Life summer school, and the fun, ideas and feedback were beyond…

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