10-Year-Old Accidentally Creates New Molecule in Science Class

Popular Science ^ | February 3, 2012 | Dan Nosowitz & The Mary Sue via Gizmodo

[pa_dweller]

Not quite, a lady had made photographs (x-ray photographs) of DNA and this prompted Watson and Crick to ‘discover’ the ladder shape of the double helix. She, BTW, was not credited in their accolades.

As outlined in The Disappearing Spoon - by Sam Kean

[Shimmer1]

Thought you might be interested in this article

[AFPhys]

Checking this story out a bit — I predict this molecule will never be built, unless this girl or a lover of hers eventually does it. The chemistry and chemical intermediates required would be incredibly difficult to choreograph.

Ping me if it does, and I will find an appropriate thing to do like eat my hat, etc.

[Defiant]

The science teacher who handed out models of molecules is named Boehr?

[SunkenCiv]

That explains something I saw once while driving — a sign by what I thought was some kind of natural feature, called “Ken Crater”. ;’)

[XEHRpa]

> So she randomly put together some sticks and balls and got lucky?

You know what they (the Darwinists) say? Put enough monkeys at the typewriter and, sooner or later, one of them will write a Shakespeare sonnet.

[XEHRpa]

I should add that, contrary to the Darwinists, I do see intelligent design in what she did. As some have said, the balls she arranged could only fit together certain ways (bond angles, etc.)

Furthermore, 10 year olds are clever. Kudos to her.

[SunkenCiv]

Maybe we should check his radius.

[Paradox]

Rosalind Franklin was her name, and yes, her contributions were key in the discovery, she was barely credited.