Mary C. Pangborn (13 August 1907 – 20 February 2003) was an American scientist and writer of science fiction. Born in Brooklyn, Pangborn discovered the biologically important lipid

cardiolipin Cardiolipin (IUPAC name 1,3-bis(''sn''-3’-phosphatidyl)-''sn''-glycerol) is an important component of the inner mitochondrial membrane, where it constitutes about 20% of the total lipid composition. It can also be found in the membranes of most ...

and published a number of pieces of

short fiction A short story is a piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood. The short story is one of the oldest t ...

in noted anthologies and in '' The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction''. Her only novel, ''Friar Bacon's Head'', remained unpublished as of her death. Science fiction author

Edgar Pangborn Edgar Pangborn (February 25, 1909 – February 1, 1976) was an American writer of mystery, historical, and science fiction. Biography Edgar Pangborn was born in New York City on February 25, 1909, to Harry Levi Pangborn, an attorney and diction ...

was her younger brother.

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