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How did Rosalind Franklin affect the future?
Her research helped solve the mystery of the structure of DNA – the building blocks of life. In 1952, Franklin took X-Ray photographs of a molecule that showed DNA contains two strands wrapped around each other in a double helix, like a twisted ladder.
Was Rosalind Franklin’s data stolen?
One claim was that during the race to uncover the structure of DNA, Jim Watson and Francis Crick either stole Rosalind Franklin’s data, or ‘forgot’ to credit her. Neither suggestion is true. Franklin, an expert in X-ray crystallography, had been recruited to King’s in late 1950.
When did Rosalind Franklin start working on DNA?
Rosalind Franklin worked on the DNA molecule from 1951 until 1953. Using x-ray crystallography, she took photographs of the B version of the molecule. A co-worker with whom Franklin did not have a good working relationship, Maurice H.F. Wilkins, showed Franklin’s photographs of DNA to James Watson—without Franklin’s permission.
Is there a new play about Rosalind Franklin?
The new play, by Anna Ziegler, dramatizes the laboratory dynamics and complex relationships among all these players during that heady time. It again airs out the controversy over Franklin’s contribution to the work that won the Nobel.
What was the controversy over Rosalind Franklin’s work?
It again airs out the controversy over Franklin’s contribution to the work that won the Nobel. Some scenes portray sexism, tense competition, subtle anti-Semitism and outright deception as defeating Franklin at times, while other scenes show a prickly and defensive Franklin as her own worst enemy.
How did Rosalind Franklin get interested in science?
Rosalind Franklin developed her interest in science at school, and by age 15 she decided to become a chemist. She had to overcome the opposition of her father, who did not want her to attend college or become a scientist; he preferred that she go into social work.
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