How the double helix was really discovered, and what Rosalind Franklin thought about it

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• Professor Matthew Cobb from University of Manchester
• Thursday 07 November 2024, 13:00-14:00
• Biffen Lecture theatre and Zoom.

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Host – Frank Jiggins

The discovery of the double helix structure of DNA in March 1953 was one of the most significant discoveries in the history of science. It has since become one of the most contested, because of Watson and Crick’s use of data from Rosalind Franklin to make their discovery. However, what most people know about these events, is entirely based on Jim Watson’s novelised account, The Double Helix. In this talk I describe how the structure was really discovered, which pieces of data Watson and Crick used, how the discovery was presented at the time, and what Franklin thought about it all, using recently discovered letters and documents from various archives around the world. Even if you think you know the story, you will be in for some surprises.

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