... ;a "practical, unsentimental, literal-minded, and not imaginative- child, to King's College ""difficult,"" "intense,"" "austere- Rosy, to James Watson "clearly a silly "damned woman- playing a man's game. However, despite these age-old monotone portrayals, Rosalind Franklin is now more accurately depicted today. She was the genius who virtually solved the mystery of DNA structure by herself and was, in the end ... a foot into the door of the scientific community. She also began her pioneering career in crystallography here before moving and working in France for three years. After France...

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... on July 25, 1920, Rosalind attended St. Paul Girl's School in London. Franklin and her four other siblings received an advantaged childhood because their father was a banker. At an early age she showed an interest in science-like astronomy, physics and science. She also preferred building things than playing with a doll. (Stille, 74) Because of the time period in which she ... group at Birkbeck College. (Stille, 77) She spends her last days researching the structure of RNA viruses. She dies of ovarian cancer, in London, April 16, 1958 at the young age of 37. One cannot speak of Rosalind...

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... in Chicago Illinois and is still alive today. He is the only son of James D. Watson, a businessman, and Jean Mithchell, however, he had a younger sister named Elizabeth. From an early age Watson was bright and inquisitive and wasn't satisfied with simple anwsers. He spent a lot of time bird-watching with his father, which is what intrested him in genetics. "James" entire ... ...

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