Friday, October 19, 2012

Scientist of the Day: Rosalind Franklin

h/t http://hydrogeneportfolio.tumblr.com/post/32224401551/minimal-posters-six-women-who-changed-science






































Rosalind Franklin, Englishwoman, Jew, scientist, discoverer of the structure of DNA, treated badly by Watson and Crick. Died of cancer before the Nobel prizes were awarded, and Nobels are not awarded posthumously.

More Reading on Rosalind Franklin:

http://www.npr.org/programs/atc/features/2002/oct/darklady/

http://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/ps/retrieve/Collection/CID/KR

http://www.sdsc.edu/ScienceWomen/franklin.html

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