Rosalind Franklin was born #OTD in 1920. Her X-ray diffraction work was critical for establishing the helical nature of DNA.
Image: Vittorio Luzzati / Jewish Women’s Archive
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@mcnees One of my all-time favorite tweets was from an attendee at a science talk. The presenter asked "what did Watson and Crick discover?" And from the back of the room someone yelled
"Rosalind Franklin's notes!"
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Awesome, what was the reaction to that ?
That is fine ? But good reaction either way.
@zleap I don't recall whether it was a thread, but I don't think so, or at least I never saw the continuation. Unfortunately the screenshot is gone, otherwise I would provide attribution.