Like every book, The Double Helix has its strengths and weaknesses. The strengths of the book greatly dominate over the weaknesses. In The Double Helix, we learn the depth of the great and remarkable scientific discovery that change our world. It impacted everyone. It changed our view of the world and showed how accomplished scientists can be, especially those who try and put forth the effort in something that needs to be discovered and or changed. Although as stated before the strengths dominate
with the unknown. Perhaps this was what made her so successful. In Lynne Osman Elkin’s paper, “Rosalind Franklin and the Double Helix”, Elkin discusses the importance of Franklin’s
Carter Turner HIST 108 - 005 Essay #7 - Rosalind Franklin 4/22/2015 Credit where it’s Due In 1962, the Nobel Peace Prize in Medicine was awarded to James Watson, Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins for illuminating the structure of DNA while revealing genetic replication. Missing from the list of winners, unfortunately, is Rosalind Franklin. Though Franklin produced no relevant science regarding DNA after 1958, her contributions in genetic replication and other scientific research and work made her
Dear Committee: I am writing to you regarding Rosalind Elise Franklin and her work regarding DNA. The debate regarding her role in the research and whether she should have been awarded a Nobel Prize with colleagues James Watson and Francis Crick has been a long one. Rosalind was a fantastic scientist and extremely advanced for her era, especially for being a woman in such a hard time. She is from a time where women were not seen as equals to their male counterparts, which is why it is no surprise
than a hundred years passed before this “nuclein” molecule was renamed as DNA. In 1952, less than a year after Rosalind Franklin took the historic “Photograph 51” of DNA using x-rays, James Watson and Francis Crick discovered the double helix shape of DNA. They built the first ever DNA model using their double helix configuration and realized how easy it would be to copy the separate strands. A decade later Marshall Nirenberg discovered the genetic code for protein synthesis. They used the recently
SOLUSI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF THEOLOGY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES SCIENCE OF ORIGIONS A term paper presented in partial fulfillment of the course science of origins, RELT389 Name: Velvety M. Ng’andu ID# 2011050042 Lecture: Pastor Sibanda Date:2014 WEAKNESSES OF THEORIES OF EVOLUTION INTRODUTION The Theories which are concerned with the origin of the universe are diverse and uncertain. Some researchers say the universe began as a ball of particles, others it exploded in a big bang, and