jan 1, 1953 - Watson and Crick confirm DNA is double helix shape
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- James Watson and Francis Crick confirm their claims that DNA is a double helix shape, after seeing Rosalind Franklin's Photo 51.- Watson and Crick invite Franklin over to review their work and Franklin acknowledges they are correct, unaware that they had relied on her images and work.
- Watson and Crick publish their model and findings and become scientific celebrities.
- Rosalind Franklin later dies 5 years later from cancer, likely due to her constant use of x-rays.
- Watson, Crick and and Wilkins all share the 1962 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine.
- James Watson later writes a book in which he describes Franklin horribly and calls her "Wilkin's assistant".
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Date:
jan 1, 1953
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~ 72 years ago