Rosalind Franklin: DNA's Dark Lady

Stuff You Missed in History Class

• Episode: Rosalind Franklin: DNA's Dark Lady
• Website: Stuff You Missed in History Class
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• Duration: 00:30:40
• Published: 2011-12-14 17:05

The men who are usually credited with discerning DNA's structure won the Nobel Prize in 1962, but they used Rosalind Franklin's research. In 1952, she captured the best DNA image available at the time, and the Nobel winners used it without her knowledge.