To: Oberon
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.
18 posted on
02/17/2012 7:36:12 AM PST by
MHGinTN
(Being deceived can be cured.)
To: MHGinTN
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. Yeah, you're right... and Linus Pauling didn't win the Nobel either, despite having developed a helix model of his own. The lady in question, Rosalind Franklin, was convinced that Watson and Crick were a couple of crackpots barking up the wrong tree.
Watson did, however, give her credit for her contribution in his book.
20 posted on
02/17/2012 8:43:36 AM PST by
Oberon
(Big Brutha Be Watchin'.)
To: MHGinTN; Oberon
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
21 posted on
02/17/2012 8:54:18 AM PST by
pa_dweller
(Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves:... Isa 1:23)
To: MHGinTN
Rosalind Franklin was her name, and yes, her contributions were key in the discovery, she was barely credited.
29 posted on
02/18/2012 8:14:27 AM PST by
Paradox
(I want Obama defeated. Period.)
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