one more... 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosalind_Franklin
Franklin is best known for her work on the X-ray diffraction images of DNA which led to the discovery of DNA double helix. Her data, according to Francis Crick, were "the data we actually used"[3] to formulate Crick and Watson's 1953 hypothesis regarding the structure of DNA.[4] Franklin's images of X-ray diffraction confirming the helical structure of DNA were shown to Watson without her approval or knowledge. Though this image and her accurate interpretation of the data provided valuable insight into the DNA structure, Franklin's scientific contributions to the discovery of the double helix are often overlooked[citation needed]. Unpublished drafts of her papers (written just as she was arranging to leave King's College London) show that she had independently determined the overall B-form of the DNA helix and the location of the phosphate groups on the outside of the structure. Moreover, Franklin personally told Crick and Watson that the backbones had to be on the outside, which was crucial since before this both they and Linus Pauling had independently generated non-illuminating models with the chains inside and the bases pointing outwards.[5] However, her work was published third, in the series of three DNA Nature articles, led by the paper of Watson and Crick which only hinted at her contribution to their hypothesis.
...and just to say - it sounds like she's bored by quite a few people she knows. A lot of people are happy to skip along the surface of life - and we can each decide how much time and energy we want to put into that sort of thing.
tell her others think she must have something going on to be concerned about the general dumbing down of too much of life... so she would do others a great favor to find something that's interesting to her and get involved in that subject, whatever it is.
she'll meet people who are more interesting to her, do something that challenges her, and not have to look to any one other person to provide her with the intellectual stimulation she needs.
...and congrats on raising a daughter who has a mind of her own!
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