The double helix and the 'wronged heroine'
The double helix and the 'wronged heroine'
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DOI:
10.1038/nature01399
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发表时间:
2003-01-23
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64.8
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Maddox, B
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Maddox, B
In 1962, James Watson, Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins received the Nobel prize for the discovery of the structure of DNA. Notably absent from the podium was Rosalind Franklin, whose X-ray photographs of DNA contributed directly to the discovery of the double helix. Franklin's premature death, combined with misogynist treatment by the male scientific establishment, cast her as a feminist icon. This myth overshadowed her intellectual strength and independence both as a scientist and as an individual.