Rosalind Franklin (1920 - 1958)
|
|
| Audience/Grade: | College Freshman-Continuing Education |
| Discipline(s): |
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering Engineering Diversity History of Science and Technology Life Sciences |
| Special Topic(s): | |
| Learning Resource Type: |
Reference - Article/Document |
| Media Type: |
Unknown |
| Author(s): |
David Ardell Organization:National Health Museum |
| Description: | Short biography of Rosalind Franklin. Excerpt: "By 1952, much was known about DNA, including its exclusive role as genetic material – the sole substance capable of storing practially all the information needed to create a living being. What was not yet known was what the elusive DNA molecule looked like, or how it performed this amazing hereditary function. This would change in the course of a single year. The now familiar double helical structure of DNA, a twisted ladder with base-pairs rungs essential to its hereditary function, was deciphered in 1953. The individuals most commonly associated with this remarkable accomplishment are James Watson and Francis Crick. Maurice Wilkins played a role as well, for which he shared the 1962 Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine with Watson and Crick. Yet there was one other person whose truly essential contribution to this discovery could not be recognized by the Nobel Committee in 1962. That person was Rosalind Franklin. " |
| Rating: |
|
| Related Resources | |
| Keywords: | DNA Watson Crick and Wilkins Rosalind Franklin |
| Usage Tip | |
| Use of Resource: |
Could be used course on women in science and engineering or social implications of technology. Also on ethics and scientific discovery. |
| Difficulty: |
Easy |
| Interactivity Level: |
Very low |
| Version Info | |
| Publication Date: | October 2008 |
| Platform/Format: |
WWW |
| Cost: |
Free |
| Download URL: | http://www.accessexcellence.org/RC/AB/BC/Rosalind_Franklin.php |
| Metadata: |
IEEE LOM Record |
| Collection: |
NEEDS
|
