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One of the Most Egregious Ripoffs in the History of Science – The Race to DNA
A new history of the race to decipher DNA reveals Shakespearean plots of scheming.
“For a trained historian of science and medicine to look through all the details, laboratory results, X-rays, and manuscripts, to see who really did what, it was clear to me Rosalind Franklin deserved her day in court.”Cleisa Thompson Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. A reward for Crick and Watson that bypassed those three “would not be worthy of consideration,” Westgren wrote, adding that if Franklin survived “she could well have had claims to receive her part of the prize.” Clearly, the Nobel Prize committee wasn’t moved. In the beginning of The Secret of Life, Markel writes, “Buried under layers of interpretation, explanations, and obfuscation, the discovery of DNA’s molecular structure is one of the most misunderstood whodunnits in the history of science.” At the end of the book, I was pleased to feel that I understood who had done it.
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