Rosalind Franklin and DNARosalind Franklin's research was central to the discovery of the double-helix structure of DNA. She never received the credit she was due during her lifetime. |
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User Review - Devil_llama - LibraryThingA must read, if you have read The Double Helix. This work serves as a corrective to the "Rosy" presented by Watson, one that many of us saw through without the book about Franklin, because it was so ... Read full review
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User Review - cameling - LibraryThingOK, so it's probably a little biased because it's clear that the author was close friends with Ms Franklin, but nonetheless, it painted a very interesting picture of the woman who made many ... Read full review
Contents
An Introduction | 15 |
Rosalind | 25 |
Paris | 67 |
The Problem | 76 |
One Cannot Explain These Clashes of Personality | 94 |
The Making of a Discovery | 108 |
She Was Definitely Antihelical | 120 |
On the One Hand a Defeat On the Other a Triumph | 137 |
Winner Take All | 156 |
What She Touched She Adorned | 168 |
The Last Chapter | 182 |
Afterword | 188 |
Notes | 201 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Rosalind Franklin and DNA |
| Author | Anne Sayre |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint, reissue |
| Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company, 2000 |
| ISBN | 0393320448, 9780393320442 |
| Length | 221 pages |
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