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The Discovery: The Story Of Rosalind Franklin

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“The story of how DNA structure was discovered is not only one the most important tales in the history of science, it is also the root of a great controversy that will live on for many years”. On this note, I, Rosalind Franklin, deserve more credit for the discovery of DNA than I have been given. There are three main reasons of why I should receive more credit: one being that I was robbed for my work without receiving any appreciation in return. First, I produced x-ray photographs of DNA that indicated it was the shape of a double helix roughly in the form of a spiral staircase. As Aaron Klug, my colleague, once said about me, “Her photographs are among the most beautiful of any substances ever taken”. No only this but, I came up with the

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