Her studies took her into the field of X-ray crystallography, which would become her life’s work. The organisation says the discovery “solved one of the most important of all biological riddles”.įranklin’s biographer, Brenda Maddox, called her “the Dark Lady of DNA”, based on a disparaging reference to Franklin by one of her coworkers, and also because although her work on DNA was crucial to the discovery of its structure, her contribution to that discovery is little known.įranklin studied physics and chemistry at Newnham Women’s College at Cambridge University in the UK, and then went to work for the British Coal Utilisation Research Association, where she studied carbon and graphite microstructures, forming the basis of her doctorate in physical chemistry, which she earned from Cambridge in 1945. It appeared in April 1953 in the scientific paper where James Watson and Francis Crick presented the structure of the DNA-helix.” says of the double-helix discovery: “The sentence ‘This structure has novel features which are of considerable biological interest’ may be one of science’s most famous understatements. In Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA, Maddox resurrects the reputation of a scientist of great achievement, and supplies an arresting portrait of an intelligent, highly principled and talented young woman who helped change the course of our knowledge about life on earth. Watson later suggested Franklin deserved a Nobel for chemistry, along with Wilkins, if it were not for the prohibition on posthumous nominations. Franklin’s work on X-ray diffraction images of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) contributed to the discovery of the DNA double helix, for which James Watson, Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins shared the Nobel in Physiology or Medicine in 1962. This is free download Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA by Brenda Maddox complete book soft copy.The Nobel Committee does not make posthumous prize nominations, but if it did, British chemist and researcher Rosalind Franklin, who died on April 16, 1958, is widely regarded as a deserving recipient. Click on below buttons to start Download Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA by Brenda Maddox PDF EPUB without registration. If you are still wondering how to get free PDF EPUB of book Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA by Brenda Maddox. Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA Download

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