James Watson and Francis Crick - Famous Scientists |
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| JAMES WATSON Born: in 1928 & FRANCIS CRICK Born: in 1916
It took an ex-physicist and a former ornithology student to figured out the structure of deoxyribonucleic acid, DNA.
Achievement - The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1962
Links: A Science Odyssey NOVA Molecular Genetics The Story of the Double Helix Discovery
Famous Quotes: "It has not escaped our notice that the specific pairing we have postulated immediately suggests a possible copying mechanism for the genetic material. "
"Nothing new that is really interesting comes without collaboration" | |