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In 1962, Maurice Wilkins, Francis Crick, and James Watson received the Nobel Prize, but it was Rosalind Franklin's data and photographs of DNA that led to their discovery. Brenda Maddox tells a powerful story of a remarkably single-minded, forthright, and tempestuous young woman who, at the... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Rosalind: Add a description of this character.
- Jim Watson
- Maurice Wilkins
- J.t. Randall
- J.d. Bernal
- Francis Crick
- Aaron Klug
- Gosling
- Ellis Franklin
- Don Caspar
- Birkbeck
- Adrienne Weill
- St Paul
- Patterson
- Anne Sayre
- David
- Colin
- Jenifer
- Mamie
- Stokes
- Holmes
- Roland
- Muriel
- Fraser
- Ursula
- Lawrence Bragg
- Jean Kerslake
- Alice
- Norrish
- Luzzati
- Max Perutz
- Peggy
- Keyser
- Astbury
- Nannie
- Dainton
Setting & Locations edit
- College London
- Cambridge
- Paris
- England
- Britain
- France
- United States
- Berkeley
- America
- New York
- Europe
- Israel
- Palestine
- Newnham
- Germany
- Stockholm
- Chartridge
- Jerusalem
- Breslau
- Italy
- Norway
- California
- Washington
- Ireland
- Los Angeles
- South Kensington
- Oxford
- Madrid
- Pasadena
- Naples
- Soviet Union
- Yugoslavia
- San Francisco
- Putney
- Australia
- Dublin
First Sentence edit
THE FAMILY into which Rosalind Elsie Franklin was born on 25 July 1920, stood high in Anglo-Jewry.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Brenda Maddox (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: HarperCollins
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2002
ISBN: 0060184078
Page Count: 400
Publisher: HarperCollins
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2002
ISBN: 0060184078
Page Count: 400
Awards edit
- Los Angeles Times Book Prize (2002: Science and Technology)
- Marsh Biography Award (2003)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 572.8092
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