The title alludes to Hitler's notorious Final Solution: a low point for genetic science. It is dedicated to James Watson
, co-discoverer (with Francis Crick
) of the double helix in DNA.
The book...
Residence
Elaine Feinstein
By the time the Feinsteins were married they were living in rooms above the bridge in Mill Road, Cambridge (where Arnold was now doing a PhD). Before their first son was born they moved to...
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25 April 1953: James D. Watson and Francis Crick published...
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25 April 1953
James D. Watson
and Francis Crick
published the results of their discovery of the three-dimensional structure of DNA, with the help of photographs taken by Rosalind Franklin
and Maurice Wilkins
.
Watson, James D. The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA. Atheneum, 1968.
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Julian, Maureen M. “Women in Crystallography”. Women of Science: Righting the Record, edited by Gabriele Kass-Simon and Patricia Farnes, Indiana University Press, 1990, pp. 335-83.
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10 December 1962: Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins of Great...
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10 December 1962
Francis Crick
and Maurice Wilkins
of Great Britain were awarded the Nobel
Prize in Physiology or Medicine, together with James D. Watson
of the USA, for their work on DNA.
Schlessinger, Bernard S., and June H. Schlessinger. The Who’s Who of Nobel Prize Winners, 1901-1995. 3rd ed., Oryx Press, 1996.
The Nobel Foundation,. Nobel E-Museum.
1975: Anne Sayre, in her biography Rosalind Franklin...
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1975
Anne Sayre
, in her biography Rosalind Franklin
and DNA, set the record straight about Franklin's part in the Nobel-prize-winning research previously credited exclusively to James D. Watson
, Francis Crick
, and Maurice Wilkins
.
Rose, Hilary. “In the Shadow of the Men”. The Guardian, 15 June 2002, p. 7.
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29 July 2004: Francis Crick, one of the discoverers of...
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29 July 2004
Francis Crick
, one of the discoverers of the structure of DNA, died in California.
“Man who helped unlock DNA dies”. BBC News, 29 July 2004.
5 July 2007: Odile Crick, British-born artist who becme...
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5 July 2007
Odile Crick
, British-born artist who becme famous for her sketch of the structure of DNA, died at her home in California.
“Odile Crick”. The Independent: Obituaries, 20 July 2007.