James Watson, co-discoverer of shape of DNA, dies
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Photos and letters show how James Watson and Francis Crick raced to uncover the double helix structure of DNA.
The laws of inheritance are quite unknown,” Charles Darwin acknowledged in 1859. The discovery of DNA’s shape altered how we conceived of life itself.
In 1962, scientists James Watson, Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins received the Nobel Prize in Medicine for discovering the double helix structure of DNA. However, it has long been believed that the trio never would've made this significant discovery if ...