Kathleen Lonsdale
Dame Kathleen Lonsdale (1903–1971) was an Irish pacifist, prison reformer and crystallographer. She was one of the first two women elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1945, first woman tenured professor at University College London, first woman president of the International Union of Crystallography, and first woman president of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.
Kathleen Lonsdale
Foreword by Maria Popova
Marginalian Editions presents a trailblazing Quaker scientist’s slender masterwork of moral courage, penned at the height of the Cold War, envisioning a transformation of the human spirit and our politics that might enable the triumph of peace.
COMING APR 15, 2025