World War II is coming to an end and the race begins to discovered the structure of DNA. It’s May 1st, 1952 in a London lab an x-ray camera is clicking off 100 hour exposure of something called DNA. When developed this photo will show the structure of DNA. This photo will explain the blueprint of all life, and how DNA is passed on from generation to generation. Francis Crick and an american scientist James Watson will be in the race for discovery of the century, along with 31 year old British scientist Rosalind Franklin. She was responsible for the findings that will pave the way of Watson and Crick in the discovery of the structure of DNA.
In 1962, the Nobel Prize is awarded to James Watson, Francis Crick, and Maurice Wilkins for their ground breaking work …show more content…
She was born into a English-jew family. Rosalind stands out as a child, she spends all her time playing memory games. Her parents send her to attended Saint Paul’s girls school. As she excels academically, the Nazis are taking over. Rosalind’s family are active in finding safe heaven in England. She is determined to do something with her life, graduates a year early and is offered a scholarship to study physics and chemistry at Cambridge. When she arrives at Cambridge she is introduced to x-ray crystallography. In 1939, Britain is preparing for the German invasion, by this time she graduates and she is determined to help in the war effort. She contributes to improving the gas mask which helps England in the war. When the war is over, Rosalind is offered a position at one of the best labs in Paris where she will prefect her experiment with x-ray diffraction. Rosalind decides to return to England to do her work. She is offered a position at King’s College to study the structure of proteins with her x-ray diffraction. Before leaving Paris, she was written by the director of the college in England saying her focus was changed to
In 1962, the Nobel Prize is awarded to James Watson, Francis Crick, and Maurice Wilkins for their ground breaking work …show more content…
She was born into a English-jew family. Rosalind stands out as a child, she spends all her time playing memory games. Her parents send her to attended Saint Paul’s girls school. As she excels academically, the Nazis are taking over. Rosalind’s family are active in finding safe heaven in England. She is determined to do something with her life, graduates a year early and is offered a scholarship to study physics and chemistry at Cambridge. When she arrives at Cambridge she is introduced to x-ray crystallography. In 1939, Britain is preparing for the German invasion, by this time she graduates and she is determined to help in the war effort. She contributes to improving the gas mask which helps England in the war. When the war is over, Rosalind is offered a position at one of the best labs in Paris where she will prefect her experiment with x-ray diffraction. Rosalind decides to return to England to do her work. She is offered a position at King’s College to study the structure of proteins with her x-ray diffraction. Before leaving Paris, she was written by the director of the college in England saying her focus was changed to