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Secret of Photo 51
URL: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/photo51/

Description:
This companion site to a PBS NOVA episode "investigates the seminal role that Rosalind Franklin and her remarkable X-ray photograph played" in the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA. Includes background materials, program transcript, images, a slide show, and related resources.

Author:
Aguirre, Lauren, editor

Publisher:
WGBH Educational Foundation

Extra Keywords
james watson, francis crick, deoxyribonucleic acid

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
DNA
Franklin, Rosalind, 1920-1958
Molecular biology
People
Women scientists -- Great Britain

LII Database Information:
Record 4830 created by Sybil Finemel on 04/19/2003
Last modification on 02/28/2005
Published: 04/19/2003  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/4830