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I have never, not once, come across a discussion of Watson and Crick that did not also talk about Franklin's role. Even when I was in high school back in the 8
by Baeocystin 10y ago
I have never, not once, come across a discussion of Watson and Crick that did not also talk about Franklin's role.
Even when I was in high school back in the 80's, her contribution was front and center, along with the other two. Can we please let the myth that somehow her contribution is forgotten and not taught to die?
- harry8 10y agoAlways the headline is Watson and Crick. Not Franklin with some minor assistance from ... Franklin is being brought into the "Watson and Crick" discussion. Rather than it being Franklin first, foremost and clearly most important. Let's not airbrush that her research was provided to Watson and Crick who claimed the glory without her consent. So yeah, Franklin. Franklin is double helix. Edit: name typo
- sndean 10y ago> Always the headline is Watson and Crick. Not Franklin with some minor assistance from ... Oddly, Wilkins is always left out too. That trio won the Nobel. Maybe Watson and Crick were just better at selling themselves.
- kirrent 10y agoNo one forgets that her data was taken/stolen. The fact of the matter is that she didn't come up with the final structure given her brilliant experimental work and results. The history of science is littered with forgotten people who were scooped of the glory just short of the line. Franklin is very well recognised given that she didn't discover the structure of DNA.