... of DNA was Rosalind Franklin. Even though she had to struggle against a great deal of male ignorance in the scientific community, she still made an impact on the world of science. Born 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 lived, Rosalind was consider...

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... , 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 ... phosphate groups. Each base forms hydrogen bonds with the directly oppisite it forming base pairs(nucleotide pairs). Francis Crick, Maurice Wilkins, and James Watson shared the 1962 Nobel Prize in Science or Medicine. The same year he reciev...

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... their quest to crack one of the worlds least understood areas was finally over. Watson and Cricks discovery helped us to understand many things today and advanced the world of science many years. There structural findings of DNA helped lead us to solve many questions like human genetic questions, and may help us learn how to clone the human DNA strand ... ...

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... 's clothing and appearance, as well as her lack of a social life and makes personal judgements on her reffering to her as a "feminist." In a way, I think Watson is confusing sexuality with science. "Rosy by then was hardly able to control her temper, and her voice rose as she told me that the stupidity of my remarks would be obvious if I would stop ... ...

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... to her sex. These attitudes eventually lead to the leak of her DNA photographs and facts to structural race rival James Watson who believed that, "the most important thing in science is getting the answer, not showing that you've done it yourself."" From her data they were immediately able to fill the blanks on their papers and form conclusions of ... ...

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