James Watson
Without the help of James Watson, we would not know nearly as much about DNA as we do today, with his help he opened a new world of possibilities for people everywhere in knowing more and more about genetics. Today I am going to tell you a little bit about his life and his accomplishment that go along with it.
James Dewey Watson was born in the city of Chicago on April 6th, 1928. As a young child, he spent most of his youth Chicago attending Horace Mann grammar school he stayed there for 8 years and then spent 2 years at south shore high. After high school, he was given a scholarship to the University of Chicago. In the late summer of 1943, he decided to enter their 4-year experimental college where he chose to master in the subject of zoology and in 1947 he received a bachelor's degree in the very subject. …show more content…
That wish was granted with he was given a fellowship for a graduate study at the Indiana University in Bloomington where he got his Ph.D. in 1950. His every thought became connected to genetics and his love for the subject grew and grew, that same year he studied DNA this time he attempted to work with viruses and how they affected different kinds of DNA. In the spring of 1951, he met with Maurice Wilkins to consult some research. During the meetup, maurice showed James the x-ray diffraction pattern of crystalline DNA this was the first time he had seen anything like it. The very pattern was realized to have a simple answer the x-ray was so symmetrical, the same diffraction pattern was what sparked their idea that DNA was the shape of a helix. But this did not happen until after he met Francis
Without the help of James Watson, we would not know nearly as much about DNA as we do today, with his help he opened a new world of possibilities for people everywhere in knowing more and more about genetics. Today I am going to tell you a little bit about his life and his accomplishment that go along with it.
James Dewey Watson was born in the city of Chicago on April 6th, 1928. As a young child, he spent most of his youth Chicago attending Horace Mann grammar school he stayed there for 8 years and then spent 2 years at south shore high. After high school, he was given a scholarship to the University of Chicago. In the late summer of 1943, he decided to enter their 4-year experimental college where he chose to master in the subject of zoology and in 1947 he received a bachelor's degree in the very subject. …show more content…
That wish was granted with he was given a fellowship for a graduate study at the Indiana University in Bloomington where he got his Ph.D. in 1950. His every thought became connected to genetics and his love for the subject grew and grew, that same year he studied DNA this time he attempted to work with viruses and how they affected different kinds of DNA. In the spring of 1951, he met with Maurice Wilkins to consult some research. During the meetup, maurice showed James the x-ray diffraction pattern of crystalline DNA this was the first time he had seen anything like it. The very pattern was realized to have a simple answer the x-ray was so symmetrical, the same diffraction pattern was what sparked their idea that DNA was the shape of a helix. But this did not happen until after he met Francis