Does anyone know what her name was? Sorry, its vague i know.
2006-09-26 10:11:28 · 6 answers · asked by ChaChaChingThing 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Rosalind Franklin. She died of ovarian cancer, probably due to the extensive x-rays she took of DNA crystals that Watson and Crick stole to win the Nobel prize. At that time, no one understood the damage that x-rays did to the body (I remember as a child going to a shoe store that had a machine that would x-ray your feet for a nickel). Wow, I'm old.
2006-09-26 10:20:22 · answer #1 · answered by stevewbcanada 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rosalind Franklin.
She didn't DISCOVER DNA, but her studies using X-ray diffraction opened the way for Watson and Crick to say for certain that DNA is a double helix. Unfortunately she had passed on (ovarian cancer) before the Nobels for DNA structure were announced, and the Nobel prize is never given posthumously.
2006-09-26 21:09:22 · answer #2 · answered by Hermit 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Crick and Watson got the credit
Rosalind Franklin is the lady
She was ineligible for the Nobel prize as she had died in 1958 and the Nobel prize is not awarded posthumously. Crick and Watson won in 1962.
2006-09-26 17:14:45 · answer #3 · answered by bobobob 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The two guys (Watson and Crick) didn't discover DNA, they worked out its molecular structure and how it could carry genetic information.
2006-09-26 17:13:24 · answer #4 · answered by Michael E 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
rosalind franklin. i believe she died before she was able to be nominated for the nobel prize.
2006-09-26 17:14:09 · answer #5 · answered by truth seeker 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Rosalind Franklin.
As the saying goes, close but no cigar. Actually she was hard done by.
2006-09-26 17:15:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋