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Watson was the one who described Franklin as "belligerent, emotional, and unable to interpret her own data" in his book. He also repeatedly referred to her as "
by culi 1y ago
Watson was the one who described Franklin as "belligerent, emotional, and unable to interpret her own data" in his book. He also repeatedly referred to her as "Rosy", a name Franklin never used.
Wilkins was the one who showed Franklin's Photograph 51 to Watson. This was without Franklin's consent and before her photographs were officially published. Watson and Crick then rushed to publish their findings before Franklin could
- aerostable_slug 1y agoNo, they rushed to beat Pauling. In a just world Franklin would gotten a co-author credit, but I don't think anyone holds that she was going to have the breakthrough on her own.
- culi 1y agoShe literally did though. Both their papers were published at the same time too. Her research was finished a little bit later but they both got published in the same issue of the same journal. Hers came later in the pages so it seemed as if her work was simply confirming the work of Watson/Crick
- LarsDu88 1y agoOne professor that I had said that she met him when he was a bit younger (when he was in his 60s), and every time he would walk into a room, he would immediately pick out the most attractive young women, and ask them to sit directly next to him.
- peterfirefly 1y agoIt wasn't Franklin's photograph.