Rosalind Franklin: A brilliant chemist and X-ray crystallographer

Rosalind Franklin: A brilliant chemist and X-ray crystallographer, played a pivotal, yet often overlooked, role in the discovery of the double-helix structure of DNA. Her meticulous work produced the famous Photograph 51, used by James Watson and Francis Crick in their Nobel Prize-winning model of DNA. She was never informed... Franklin's pioneering research, combined with her tenacity and precision, laid the groundwork for much of our modern understanding of genetics. Her legacy continues to inspire scientists around the world.
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