The Most Important Photo in Science | Rosalind Franklin
In 1952, Rosalind Franklin took what would become the most important photograph in the world of science. Thanks to a complex technique called "X-ray diffraction," which allows for imaging at the molecular level, the so-called "Photo 51" was obtained. At first glance, it doesn't seem very interesting, but for experts, it represented a true revelation. The photograph in question would be key to understanding the shape of the DNA molecule and confirmed the theory that it had a double helix structure, the shape we all know today. Rosalind Franklin died of cancer five years later as a consequence of her prolonged exposure to X-rays. In 1962, James Watson, Francis Crick, and Maurice Wilkins won the Nobel Prize for their model of DNA structure, and none of them gave Franklin credit.
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