... Grammar School for eight years, then another two years at South Shore High School." (library.thinkquest.org) In 1943, when he was 15 years old, James was accepted into the University of Chicago however, both California Tech and Havard turned him down. In 1947 Watson earned his Bachelor of Science Degree in Zoology, he later earned his Ph. D. in Zoology in ... 1950 at the University of Indiana. "Ever since he was young Watson had an interest in birds, which stirred him to learn genetics." (library.thinkquest.org) "In 1950, Watson joined the Cavendish laboratories at ... ...

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The Double Helix James Watson began his road to triumph in discovering DNA in the fall of 1951 when he visited the Cavendish laboratory of Cambridge University. He went to Cambridge to join a small group of physicist and chemist who were working on the three dimensional structures of proteins. His colleges were Francis crick, Max Perutz, and ... ...

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... the British Coal Utilization Association where she made the essential studies of carbon and graphite microstructures. The work that she performed here was the groundwork for her doctorate from Cambridge University in 1945 in physical chemistry. For three years in Paris while she worked for the Laboratoire Central des Services Chiminques de L?Etat she learned X-ray diffraction techniques. After leaving Paris ... ...

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