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  1. The Discovery of the Double Helix, 1951-1953

    Watson and Crick published their findings in a one-page paper, with the understated title "A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid," in the British scientific weekly Nature on April 25, …

  2. About this Collection | Francis Crick - Profiles in Science

    The name of British Nobel laureate Francis Crick (1916-2004) is inextricably tied to the discovery of the double helix of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) in 1953, considered the most significant …

  3. The DNA Riddle: King's College, London, 1951-1953

    They believed that DNA was helical, and in November 1951 built a model of a three-helix molecule with the phosphates on the inside. The biophysics staff at King's, including Franklin, …

  4. Defining the Genetic Coding Problem, 1954-1957

    Scientists who followed the discovery of the double helix--many did not--saw that it strengthened the template theory, because it suggested how stretches of DNA might serve as templates for …

  5. The Double Helix Revisited--Francis Crick and James Watson Talk …

    "The Double Helix Revisited--Francis Crick and James Watson Talk to Paul Vaughan about Their Discovery of the Molecular Structure of DNA." The Listener 88, 2281 (14 December 1972): …

  6. Story Section: The Discovery of the Double Helix, 1951-1953 / …

    1. Drawing of the double helix Creator: Crick, Francis, 1916-2004 Date: [ca. 1953] Genre: Drawings (visual works)

  7. Biographical Overview | Rosalind Franklin - Profiles in Science

    Though not in close communication with Franklin, in January 1953 they gleaned crucial insights about DNA's structure from one of her x-ray diffraction photos shown to them by Wilkins, and …

  8. Letter from James D. Watson to Francis Crick - Profiles in Science

    Among other scientists he mentioned Christian Anfinsen in this letter, calling him "the most productive protein chemist in the States," as well as Richard Feynman, the theoretical …

  9. Biographical Overview | Francis Crick - Profiles in Science

    They reported in the journal Nature on April 25, 1953, that DNA consisted of a double helix in which two sugar-phosphate backbones were linked like a twisted ladder by four types of …

  10. Profiles in Science

    The name of British Nobel laureate Francis Crick (1916-2004) is inextricably tied to the discovery of the double helix of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) in 1953, considered the most significant …