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Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA

by Brenda Maddox (2002)

About this book

The poignant and revelatory biography of the brilliant crystallographer whose Photograph 51 was crucial to Watson and Crick's discovery of the double helix structure of DNA, correcting decades of historical erasure.

Setting / LocationKing's College London & Cambridge
Story EraMid-20th Century 1950s
Protagonist / CoreRosalind Franklin (Crystallographer)

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