Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Francis Crick

Francis Crick's discovery of the double helix of the DNA molelcule is memoralized on the wall of the old Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge University. He believed that this discovery was 'the secret of life.' Though he discovered 'the secret of life' that is, the secret of a very small part of organic life, I wonder if he found any meaning in his life. For a stark commentary on his life, please read.



Englishman Francis Crick, American James Watson with the help of two English scientists, Rosalind Franklin and Maurice Wilkins discovered DNA through x-ray diffraction in the year 1953. In 1961, Drs. Watson, Crick and Wilkins won the Nobel Prize in Medicine. Dr. Franklin died before she received the famous award.
Source: My Name is Gene, N.L. Eskeland, Ph.D and N.C. Bailey, Ph.D

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